DARING JOURNEYS TO THE WORLD'S REMOTEST PLACES
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Charlie Walker is an award-winning British explorer, author and international keynote speaker. Over 15 years, he's covered 60,000+ miles by foot, horse, bicycle, ski, kayak and dugout canoe - crossing the Tibetan plateau, Mongolian steppe, Congolese Jungle, Arctic Tundra, New Guinean highlands and the Sahara Desert.
Driven by curiosity and a deep respect for cultures on the planet's fringes, Charlie specialises in human-powered expeditions that build emotional intelligence, grit, and vision. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a four-time recipient of the “Mad but Marvellous” award and his work has featured in BBC, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, Geographical Magazine and more. His signature keynote talks take audiences from the boardroom into remote wilderness, delivering immersive storytelling with impactful lessons on ambition, resilience, teamwork, risk, leadership, and mindset. “True grit and rabid perseverance” Ranulph Fiennes |
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His third book - On Thin Ice - will be published on 11 June 2026 and is available to pre-order here.
'This almost insanely intrepid and dangerous trek in remotest Siberia is astonishing in itself. But it also brings invaluable experience of Russian reactions to the war against Ukraine. Altogether extraordinary' - Colin Thubron, author of The Amur River 'A powerful and haunting report from one of the world's most inaccessible places. Part quest, part fugitive drama...reveal[ing] the complex - and dangerous - politics of travel in Putin's Russia. A captivating book' - Clare Hammond, author of On the Shadow Tracks 'I was hooked from the very first, chilling words. On Thin Ice reads more like a Soviet-era spy thriller than travelogue, full of derring-do, panache, but also – importantly – insight. Imagine John Le Carré mixed with James Bond, add a dash of that master of travel writing, Colin Thubron, and you’ll have some idea of what’s in store' - Benedict Allen, author of Explorer |
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'On Thin Ice is a remarkable book, and joins the ranks of those rare travelogues where a writer's journey gets overtaken by world events. Walker is the best of guides, curious, honest, humble. I was gripped by the hardships of his journey, and his growing paranoia as the walls close in around him. In both his trek across Siberia and in his subsequent incarceration, it does what the best travel books should do, providing a unique and captivating insight into an utterly unknown world' - Adam Weymouth, author of Lone Wolf
'This is a rare kind of expedition – a vast solo journey through one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth, undertaken just as history shifts beneath his feet. Charlie Walker’s travels capture the deeper uncertainty of moving through a landscape where danger is shaped as much by geopolitics as by ice' - Alastair Humphreys, author of Microadventures
'A wonderfully well-observed account of what happens when a British explorer comes up against the hard realities of Putin's wartime Russia. From the frozen expanses of Siberia to the inside of a prison cell, Walker is empathetic, clear-eyed, and engaging' - Howard Amos, author of Russia Starts Here
'Walker captures the Arctic’s unforgiving nature and exposes the importance of storytelling in places where truth is fragile. An absolutely gripping read' - Levison Wood, author of The Great Tree Story
'This is a rare kind of expedition – a vast solo journey through one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth, undertaken just as history shifts beneath his feet. Charlie Walker’s travels capture the deeper uncertainty of moving through a landscape where danger is shaped as much by geopolitics as by ice' - Alastair Humphreys, author of Microadventures
'A wonderfully well-observed account of what happens when a British explorer comes up against the hard realities of Putin's wartime Russia. From the frozen expanses of Siberia to the inside of a prison cell, Walker is empathetic, clear-eyed, and engaging' - Howard Amos, author of Russia Starts Here
'Walker captures the Arctic’s unforgiving nature and exposes the importance of storytelling in places where truth is fragile. An absolutely gripping read' - Levison Wood, author of The Great Tree Story
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