Despite frostbite and a stomach bug, Charlie Newington-Bridges, European equity salesman at Natexis Bleichroeder UK, has managed to walk and ski to the magnetic north pole in aid of Médecins Sans Frontières.
The intrepid explorer, who was sponsored by the start-up brokerage that employs him, reached his objective after 374 hours, 48 minutes and 400 miles of racing in the Arctic. On the way, he suffered frostbite in two fingers â both, fortunately, are intact â a close encounter with polar bears and a stomach bug.
