Mike Horn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mike Horn

South African-Swiss explorer

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1966

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: explorer

Nationality: Switzerland, South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Mike Horn (born 16 July 1966) is a South African-born Swiss professional explorer and adventurer.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa he currently resides in Château d'Oex, Switzerland.
He studied Human Movement Science at Stellenbosch University in Western Cape, South Africa.
Horn is currently undertaking his latest expedition Pole2Pole, a two-year circumnavigation of the globe via the two poles. Mike Horn became famous in 2001 after completing a one-year, 6-month solo journey around the equator without any motorised transport.
In 2004 he completed a two-year, 3-month solo circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle, and in 2006 along with Norwegian explorer Børge Ousland, became the first men to travel without dog or motorised transport to the North Pole during winter, in permanent darkness.