At 70 years old, Frank Rothwell will be taking on the biggest challenge of his life.

He’ll be rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean solo, while raising £1 million for Alzheimer’s Research UK.

This will not come as a surprise to anyone who knows Frank – not least his wife of 50 years, Judith – as he is an adventurer at heart.

Frank’s previous expeditions include spending five weeks on a deserted island for Channel 4’s ‘The Island’ and he was the 10^th person to circumnavigate North and South America by boat.

But the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge will be Frank’s toughest and most gruelling mission to date – exactly what you would expect to mark his 70^th birthday!

In December, Frank will be setting off from La Gomera near Tenerife and his target is to arrive in Antigua on Valentine’s Day.

Frank is hoping to raise an incredible £1 million for Alzheimer’s Research UK, with £500,000 of that being generously match-funded by Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation.

He will be self-funding his adventure, so all donations will go directly to the UK’s leading dementia research charity.