Kayak hero's island voyage

Peter Bray won a bravery award for saving crewmates' lives

A veteran adventurer's latest challenge will take him round the island of South Georgia as part of a kayak team.

Peter Bray, 48, from Bridgend, south Wales, recently won a bravery medal for saving the lives of his crewmates on a recent expedition in the Atlantic.

His new team are now preparing for a week-long trip in the South Atlantic.

His colleagues will be Nigel Dennis, 49, from Holyhead, north Wales, and Geoff Allen, 40, from Falmouth. An Israeli woman will also be on the team.

The team tackling South Georgia, which is 800 miles south east of the Falkland Islands, are heading for the South Atlantic in November, just as the winter is approaching.

Mr Bray estimated it could take a week to paddle around the 5,600 square kilometre island, weather permitting.

He said: "If we get around, it will be a first. Teams from the Royal Marines and New Zealand have tried and failed."

Mr Bray spoke of latest challenge just a week after winning his bravery award for his courage as a member of the transatlantic rowing boat, Pink Lady.

Hurricane Alex destroyed Pink Lady but Mr Bray saved lives

He was honoured for retrieving the life raft of the boat after it broke up 300 miles off Falmouth, Cornwall, during a ferocious Atlantic storm last August, the tail end of Hurricane Alex.

In addition, he had also held on to a fellow crew member who had begun to sink amid the wreckage.

The man had unzipped his survival suit before the hi-tech vessel, on a 1,800-mile, 39-day row from Newfoundland, Canada, was destroyed by a wave.

Mr Bray said he hoped to have another try at the voyage, and is also planning a kayak voyage across the 66-mile Bering Straits, between Alaska and Asia.