Richard Profit

In April 2007, Profit successfully took part in the Polar Race 2007 in April 2007. This involved walking and skiing 350 nautical miles from Resolute, Nunavut in Canada to the Magnetic North Pole. He was accompanied by mother and son pair Janice Meek and Daniel Byles, and played a key role in the expedition successfully setting two Guinness World Records. They survived the worst ice conditions for years, a near catastrophic tent fire, and areas of open water and slush to successfully reach the Pole in 20 days and 5 hours.

Profit has been a keen amateur sailor, learning his skills in the Baltic Sea in 1995 and competing in the Army Sailing Association Regatta in 1997.

Profit was born in Cheshire, England, and after living for a short while in the North West his family moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. He returned to England in 1978 and the family settled in Wokingham, Berkshire where he attended St Paul's Primary School, and The Forest School (Winnersh). In 1985 the family moved to the Midlands, England, and he attended Oakham School, where he was actively involved in the Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (attaining Gold), and he was awarded School Colours for full bore shooting.

Richard (Rich) Profit (born 1974) is an English mountaineer, sailor, a former British Army officer and polar adventurer. In 2007 he took part in the Polar Race with the mother and son pair Janice Meek and Daniel Byles, successfully walking and skiing 350 nautical miles from Resolute, Nunavut to the Magnetic North Pole in 20 days and 5 hours [1], helping to set two Guinness World Records. He is married with two sons.