Education
Shepard was educated at Heatherdown School, near Ascot in Berkshire, followed by Eton College (also in Berkshire).
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Oliver Shepard
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He participated in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole. In 1964, he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards, after which he joined 21 Regiment Special Air Service (Artists Rifles). His civilian career started at the Charrington Brewery in the East End of London in 1968.
Between 1975 and 1979, he worked on preparations for the Transglobe Expedition.
On the Transglobe Expedition he travelled with Fiennes and Charlie Burton, and acted as doctor, dentist, scientist and mechanic. Because of family problems, he returned to the United Kingdom after the South Pole crossing, and worked in the office in London.
Membership
He went with members of the group to Scotland in 1975, followed by Exercise Greenland in 1976, and the British North Pole Expedition in 1977.
