# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wally-herbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:14:24.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wally-herbert"
name: "Wally Herbert"
slug: "wally-herbert"
description: "Sir Walter William Herbert was a British polar explorer, writer and artist. In 1969 he became the first man fully recognized for walking to the North Pole, on the 60th anniversary of Robert Peary's disputed expedition. He was described by Sir Ranulph Fiennes as \"the greatest polar explorer of our time\"."
tagline: "British polar explorer (1934-2007)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1934-10-24"
deathDate: "2007-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump