DR GLENN SINGLEMAN MD FACRRM Dip Comm
Australia’s most experienced expedition doctor.
Doctor Glenn Singleman is a specialist, remote environment & expedition physician and extreme sport athlete. Since 1988 he has accompanied major expeditions to every continent by leading adventurers such as James Cameron, Eric Schmidt and Victor Vescovo. Beyond his expedition medical experience, Glenn has led many extreme sport expeditions to remote wilderness environments. He has been a skydiver for over 30 years and holds life membership of the Australian Parachute Federation. For over 20 years he held the world record for the highest altitude BASE jump (Great Trango Tower in Pakistan then Mt. Meru in the Indian Himalaya). Glenn has completed first expedition Wingsuit Skydives across the Grand Canyon plus major cities in Australia and the Outback and Antarctica. He was part of the team that designed, built and maintained the life support systems for James Cameron’s Deep Sea Challenger submersible. Glenn lectures in Extreme Sport Medicine, Marine Medicine and Expedition Medicine at the University of Tasmania. He has made 6 documentaries for National Geographic and ABC Australia and received 4 awards from the Australian Geographic Society (including Lifetime of Adventure Award). Glenn is an International Fellow of the Explorers Club and has given hundreds of lectures to corporations, societies, schools and scientific meetings.
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