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What's It Take To Become A Polar Explorer?

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Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode To The Edge.

About Ben Saunders’ TEDTalk

Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside. Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” In 2004, Ben Saunders skiied solo to the North Pole. Saunders’ next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.

About Ben Saunders

Polar explorer Ben Saunders became the youngest person …read more

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Source: NPR Science – ingested into KQED

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