Pom Oliver

This article is about the film producer and polar explorer. For the sportscaster, see Pam Oliver.

Pom Oliver (full name Rosamund Cherry Jane Oliver) is a British polar explorer and former film producer,[1] born in May 1952.

When she was 18 years old she began travelling, and eventually hitchhiked from Cape Town to Sydney, where she settled for twelve years.[1][2] 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).[3][2]

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.[1][4]

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.[5] She then travelled across the Aralkum Desert in 2021 and the Sinai Peninsula in 2023 with Rosie Stancer, Arabella Dorman and Lee Watts.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oliver Pom (Great Britain)". ExploraPoles. International Polar Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b Claire Balding (presenter) (15 January 2026). "Adventurer Pom Oliver in the Low Weald". Ramblings. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Pom Oliver". The Screen Guide. Screen Australia. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  4. ^ "The Team". M&G Investments North Pole Expedition 2002. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012.
  5. ^ "British Explorer and Polar Adventurer, Rosie Stancer FRGS, supports the BRIT Ambassador family". British Inspiration Trust (Press release). Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
  6. ^ "DD Adventure Blog | Exploring the Sinai with Rosie Stancer". DD Hammocks. 28 June 2023. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023.
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