Dwayne Fields | |
|---|---|
 Fields in 2023 | |
| Born | Jamaica |
| Alma mater | University of East London |
| Occupation(s) | Television adventure traveller, presenter, and speaker |
| Website | dwayne-fields |
Dwayne Fields FRGS is a Jamaican-British television adventure traveller, presenter and speaker. He travelled to the Magnetic North Pole. [1] [2] [3] The Scout Association appointed Fields to be its Chief Scout in 2024. [4]
Fields was born in Jamaica [ when? ] and, from the age of six, grew up in Stoke Newington, London. [5] He says that in his early life, he witnessed violent crime, including an incident on a rival London estate where an adversary's gun jammed. [6] [7] [ better source needed ] He holds a degree in Psychology and Business Management from University of East London. [7]
Fields says that he was inspired to visit the North Pole after watching a breakfast television article about Ben Fogle and James Cracknell looking for a third member to assist in their expedition of Antarctica. Though he was too late to apply, his enthusiasm for the project was noted and he was asked to recreate the 1908–1909 expedition by Robert Peary and Matthew Henson, which reached what was believed at the time to be the Geographic North Pole. [7] [2]
Fields has appeared as a guest on BBC's Countryfile and Springwatch with Chris Packham. On his Countryfile appearance, he said that he believed that some Black British people do not regard the countryside as "somewhere that's for them" and undertook his North Pole expedition to show that things are not necessarily impossible to achieve. He was one of the participant presenters on the series Welcome to Earth, and is currently presenting his own series, 7 Toughest Days , [8] with National Geographic and Disney+. [7] [9]
He co-founded the WeTwo Foundation, which provides adventure opportunities for underprivileged young people, their inaugural trip to Antarctica was in November 2022, and Fields is a named ambassador for The Scout Association. [2] On 5 September 2024, The Scout Association appointed Fields to be its Chief Scout. [10]
On Tuesday the 23rd July 2024, Fields was made Honorary Colonel and corps ambassador to HM Royal Marines alongside Olympian Victoria Pendleton. [11]
Fields was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2013. [12]
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