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Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE
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One of the world's most respected explorers, a keen conservationist and veteran of countless expeditions. He was the first to navigate the Blue Nile and the Zaire rivers, before forming the Scientific Exploration Society. With Prince Charles' backing he founded the highly successful youth expeditionary organisations, Operation Drake then Operation Raleigh. Awarded the OBE in 2000, he is also the author of several books including 'In the Steps of Stanley','Mammoth Hunt' and his autobiography ' Something Lost Behind the Ranges'.