Until his successful 2011 Old Pulteney Row to the Pole, he was best known for his circumnavigation of the globe in a powered vessel, setting a new world record in the Cable & Wireless Adventurer[1] and for organising and leading the Polar Race.
He trained the participants, including former international rugby stars Tim Stimpson and Ollie Phillips, in Arctic trekking and survival skills.
His teams reached the Pole and succeeded in playing the 'most northerly' rugby match supervised by former England hooker Lee Mears as referee.
At the time, he described how it has only become possible to consider an attempt like this in recent years due to the increase in seasonal sea ice melt and the much-documented changes to the Arctic climate.
His expedition, The Old Pulteney Row to the Pole voyage, set out on 28 July 2011 from Resolute Bay, Nunavut, Canada, to travel 450 miles.
North Pole"[7] He has written on the expedition's diary blog at www.rowtothepole.com Jock Wishart sailed as a grinder on Lionheart, the 1980 British challenger for the America's Cup.
In 1996, Wishart and David Hempleman-Adams organised The Ultimate Challenge, in which they chose 10 arctic novices from over 500 applicants and successfully led them to the Magnetic North Pole.
The expedition team included Adventurers and mariners Mark Delstanche, Rob Sleep, Billy Gammon and Captain David Mans.