Jukka Viljanen

An employee of the Finnish running magazine 'Juoksija' (Runner) where he works in both marketing and editorial capacities. Jukka, a 43-year-old, has run numerous ultramarathons to date and his wife is also a runner. After the North Pole, both are planning to run the Gore Tex Trans-Alpine Marathon together, a 250km stage race over eight days from Germany to Italy. Jukka will write for Juoksija about his experiences at the North Pole: the magazine has a good position in the market with 84,000 readers and ten editions per annum. He also hopes to raise funds for a donkey sanctuary though his participation in the race.