Pen wrote the foreword to Duncan Eadie’s book based on his experiences as he was catapulted from the concrete safety and security of London into the remote wilderness of the high Arctic on an extreme polar adventure.
As a contributor to this authoritative book, Pen wrote the ‘To the North Pole’ chapter which summarises the historic race on foot across the Arctic Ocean to be the first to reach the North Pole. It reviews the attempts by Franklin and Peary, but records that Sir Wally Herbert’s 1968-69 British expedition was the first indisputable – and almost certainly only - claimant.
As a contributor to this lavishly illustrated book of photographs by Prior promoting our natural world, Pen wrote the chapter introducing Europe. It gives a personal take on the impact of man-generated greenhouse gases on the North Pole ice cap, and explains the science driving global warming and the consequences of a disappearing ice cap.
Pen wrote the foreword to this significant biography about the most successful polar explorer of all time – Amundsen. The book focuses on the character, endeavours and continuing influence of this polar giant. That he reached the South Pole ahead of Scott is widely known, that he was the first to reach, albeit by air, the North Pole is not. Amundsen’s complete list of polar achievements never has been, indeed never can be, surpassed.
Pen was the key-note speaker at the inaugural J8 Summit in 2005 in Edinburgh. He has recently contributed a thought-provoking piece on the J8 website entitled ‘The Changing Colour of Our Planet’ to help stimulate debate amongst participating young people throughout the G8 community of nations on the subject of climate change and carbon emissions.
Pen’s review was featured in the front of this spell-binding account of how four walrus hunters survived shipwreck in Svalbard in 1743 with no more than the clothes and gear they carried for a day-trip excursion ashore … for 6 years until the fortuitous arrival of another ship. One of, if not the, most remarkable Arctic survival stories ever recounted.
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