Pom Oliver (full name Rosamund Cherry Jane Oliver) is a British polar explorer and former film producer, born in May 1952.
When she was 18 years old she began travelling, eventually settling in Australia for twelve years. She became a film producer in 1977 and worked on the films Cathy's Child (1979) and Hoodwink (1981), before returning to Britain where she worked on Biggles (1986).
In 1997 she was part of the relay team which reached the North Pole, and in 1999-2000 part of the M&G Polar Team, making her one of the five who became the first British all-women's team to ski to the South Pole.
Following her polar expedition she set up the outdoor education Woodland Skills in Shadow Woods near Billingshurst in West Sussex.
Oliver walked the Monarch's Way in England in 2020. She then travelled across the Aralkum Desert in 2021 and the Sinai Peninsula in 2023 with Rosie Stancer, Arabella Dorman and Lee Watts.
References
- ^ International Polar Foundation: Oliver, Pom Re-linked 2015-06-12
- Screen Australia website, Pom Oliver
- Biggles Netherlands website, Biggles on the White Screen
- "North Pole Team 2002". Northpolewomen.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- Woodland Skills - about us Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine Re-linked 2015-06-12
- British Inspiration Trust website, British Explorer and Polar Adventurer, Rosie Stancer FRGS, supports the BRIT Ambassador family
- D D Hammocks website, Exploring the Sinai with Rosie Stancer, article dated June 28, 2023