TO be the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, at 23, would be enough for most people.

To have spent three years serving in the SAS, and breaking your back in three places in a parachute accident, is probably more than enough for the majority. But not, it seems, for this little Bear.

How about getting a few of your mates together to sail across the treacherous North Atlantic in an open boat?

Bear's latest adventure tells of a terrifying battle with the elements. The five-man team stared into the jaws of death as mountainous seas battered their tiny craft on its crossing from Nova Scotia to John O'Groats.

The crew fought for their lives in horrendous conditions in the Labrador Sea, as their rigid inflatable boat encountered mammoth icebergs and storm-force winds.

Humbled by the mighty ocean, they faced howling gales and the brutal cold tested the limits of their endurance.

A gut-wrenching roller-coaster ride.

Updated: 10:59 Wednesday, July 14, 2004