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The North and South Pole hold a special place in the adventure community. To travel overland and unsupported to the very extremities of our planet is a tremendous achievement. One of my favourite...

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I didn’t want to hold the others up. I didn’t want to slow down our progress. We had miles to go until we sleep, and I didn’t want to be that annoying one faffing around with my kit. And so...

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Lofoten. One of the greatest places of my life. I had hoped so beforehand, in the 20 years I dreamed and schemed and tried to work out a way to get myself up here. Then as the plane descended to ...

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Polar journeys are not cheap. You certainly cannot do one for £1000. They are logistically daunting, too. You will need to overcome these two huge hurdles if you have a yearning for the big whit...

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I wake up. I get out of bed. I have a shower. I brush my teeth. I get dressed. I go to the kitchen for breakfast. A boring start to another day. I throw the kitchen window open. Birdsong and T...

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Ben Saunders is a pioneering polar explorer and a record-breaking long-distance skier, covering more than 6,000km (3,730 miles) on foot in the polar regions since 2001. Ben’s accomplishments in...

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An interview with polar photographer Martin Hartley - his experiences, advice for beginners, and tales of taking the FA Cup to the South Pole. The post Martin Hartley – polar photographer ap...

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"To experience, to engage, to endeavor, rather than to watch and to wonder - that's where the real meat of life is to be found." The post To experience, to engage, to endeavour, rather than to ...

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Photography from Greenland. The post Greenland Photographs appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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What do you think of my choices? The post The 10 Greatest Polar Expedition Books appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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Adventure and exploration are inherently risky and necessarily so – without it, they would be nothing. The post The Tragedy of Svalbard appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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The post A Collection of Arctic Videos appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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Our strange world has become normal to me. The post Final Thoughts from the Arctic appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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The frozen Arctic Ocean is one of the strangest places I have ever been. The post Arctic Isolation appeared first on Alastair Humphreys .

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Continuing my trip down Arctic memory lane, I thought this list might be quite interesting to help you realise just how empty and unreal the Arctic feels. 10 things I haven’t seen in ages Trees...

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