In 2007 he took part in the Polar Race with the mother and son pair Janice Meek and Daniel Byles, successfully walking and skiing 350 nautical miles from Resolute, Nunavut to the Magnetic North Pole in 20 days and 5 hours [1], helping to set two Guinness World Records.
After school he took a gap year and travelled extensively through East and Southern Africa, undertaking safaris in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Lake Malawi, Tanzania and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (5895m).
Profit has been a keen amateur sailor, learning his skills in the Baltic Sea in 1995 and competing in the Army Sailing Association Regatta in 1997.
He was accompanied by mother and son pair Janice Meek and Daniel Byles, and played a key role in the expedition successfully setting two Guinness World Records.
They survived the worst ice conditions for years, a near catastrophic tent fire, and areas of open water and slush to successfully reach the Pole in 20 days and 5 hours.