The elder Sheardown is the founder of Greatland Exploration, a former president of the Alaska Miners Association, and a well-known adventurer who led eight expeditions to the North Pole. His son, Ronald Greg Sheardown, inherited the lust for adventure along with his father's interest in mining. Both were graduates of the University of Alaska Fairbanks school of mining.
Greg, as the younger Sheardown was known, went on to complete an MBA at the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and find success in international business. He had recently been named chief executive officer for Lafarge Group operations in the Persian Gulf.
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