The grandson of the 14th Duke of Hamilton is planning to row 950 miles in Antarctica in a team of six.
Jamie Douglas-Hamilton was told he only had 12 months to live if he did not have the open heart surgeryA man is to attempt one of the world's most dangerous rows in the Antarctic in honour of the "forgotten hero" of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance voyage - just months after open heart surgery.The grandson of the 14th Duke of Hamilton will brave the Scotia Sea - the roughest and coldest on Earth.
Mr Douglas-Hamilton, 42, from Edinburgh, will be the only Britain in a team of six hoping to row the 950-mile route sailed by the James Caird, which has never been attempted before. "Without McNish speaking up to Shackleton on the pack ice, the lifeboat hulls would have been irreparably damaged. He was portrayed as a mutineer but was the real hero."Mr Douglas-Hamilton said he died destitute in New Zealand, unable to use his hands due to frostbite from the trip.
The trip was originally planned for December 2021 but had to be postponed as Mr Douglas-Hamilton discovered he had a heart condition that he believes would have killed him on the journey.
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