Marcus Fillinger

Marcus is a professional Advertising Photographer, Royal Australian Air Force photographer (specialist reserve), tranquiliser firearms instructor and Director of the animal rescue organisation Alphadog AnimalArmy Inc. At the North Pole, he is embarking on the first stop of a two-part ice dive / free dive expedition series of the world’s water-based poles; the Geographic North Pole in April 2015, and the Magnetic North Pole in March 2016. Before setting out on his polar dive world record expedition, Marcus will run the North Pole Marathon. He will be accompanied by two of his expedition huskies during part of the marathon, and subsequent polar ice dive expedition. He hopes people around the world will support the Alphadog AnimalArmy Inc charitable initiative, dubbed “Ks for Kangaroos”, and help raise urgently needed funds to further his charity’s research into ethical non-lethal wildlife solutions:www.alphadog.org.au. “My mission is to ensure the safe future of native wildlife in Australia and around the world by promoting intelligent, non-lethal solutions developed by Alphadog AnimalArmy and provide an ethical response to rapidly diminishing wildlife habitats. Alphadog AnimalArmy is leading the way in research and development of dart efficiency for the remote delivery of fertility control vaccines for native wildlife. Native habitats are diminishing rapidly and it’s our Alpha Dog to be proactive. It’s time we here in Australia lift our game, and join those at the forefront of ethical wildlife management”. To this end, Marcus will officially announce his intent to run as an Independent in the 2016 ACT Election live from the North Pole. “The complete absence of intent to genuinely commit too, or proceed with, a practical and intelligent plan to progress these matters have motivated me to take a stand and to do what’s right for those with no voice. We appear to have a current culture of deception, closed door politics, and questionable moral agendas. It’s time we stopped being bullied, and embrace ethical ways forward to help our wildlife in their ever decreasing habitats”.