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AN AMATEUR adventurer from a Wharf ad agency is set to make history by becoming the first black Briton to reach the North Pole.

John Thompson, a production manager from OgilvyOne, plans to walk and ski to the Pole in April, crossing 75 miles of unmarked ice in temperatures plunging to minus 40 degrees.

Known records fail to show a black Brit completing the gruelling journey, and John, who served in the army before coming to Canary Wharf seven years ago, is hoping to be the first.