Now, he plans to climb three glacier bound mountain peaks in three weeks, saying he wants the world to see what he’s seen while visiting some of the world’s most remote and vulnerable environments.
"I went to Antarctica in 1999, and it was about then that I realised the extent to which we are impacting even a place as remote as Antarctica with the emissions into the atmosphere,” he said.
“Really, the level of change that's happening is quite staggering."
The climber, adventurer and mountaineer is perhaps best known for re-creating legendary adventures, re-tracing the epic polar journeys of Ernest Shackleton and Douglas Mawson.
His next project, called 25 Zero, reflects estimates that all three mountain glaciers he is climbing, as well as 22 others, will be gone within 25 years.
Mr Jarvis will lead a team of climbers in back-to-back ascents of Indonesia's Carstensz Pyramid - also known as Puncak Jaya - Mount Stanley in Uganda, and Chimborazo in Ecuador.
"They're the three most iconic peaks in the three different continents that still have a glacier,” said Jarvis.
“And those glaciers are melting fast. And I want to show evidence of that.”
From the top, he plans to beam a message to the world's leaders as they gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
“What I want to see is a meaningful climate-change agreement with meaningful targets for carbon reductions coming out of that talk," he said.
The conservation group WWF Australia is sponsoring the trip.
Chief executive Dermot O'Gorman says, although the message is serious, he hopes it can be seen in a positive light.
"I think it is sad that we will see those glaciers, 25 glaciers, disappear, in the next 25 years, but I hope it also presents a message of optimism that, if we can work together… that we can tackle the challenge of climate change."
