Ben Saunders
Kirsty Young talks to polar explorer Ben Saunders.
Kirsty Young's castaway is the polar adventurer Ben Saunders. In his own words he "specialises in dragging heavy things around cold places".
He's one of only three people to have skied solo to The North Pole and he holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey ever on foot.
After traversing Russia and the frozen crust of the Arctic Ocean, his most recent adventure was to triumph where, a century before, Captain Scott and his men failed. Ben successfully retraced that ill-fated Terra Nova route by making the eighteen hundred mile journey through Antarctica-and-back, entirely on foot.
When he's not wrapped up somewhere cold, he is a motivational speaker.
Producer: Sarah Taylor.
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Edwin Hawkins Singers
Oh Happy Day
- The Edwin Hawkins Singers Greatest Hits.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
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Carpenters
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
- Passage.
- A&M Records.
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John Denver
Take Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ, Country Roads
- John DenverΒs Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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Philip Glass
Mad Rush
- Solo Piano.
- Sony Classical.
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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
They Reminisce over You (T.R.O.Y)
- Mecca and the Soul Brother.
- ELEKTRA.
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Seal
Crazy [Acoustic]
- The Very Best of MTV Unplugged 2.
- Universal.
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London Elektricity
Just One Second (Apex Remix)
- Sick Music.
- Hospital Records.
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Thinnen
Lone
- Lone EP.
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BOOK CHOICE
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Ben Saunders |
Producer | Sarah Taylor |
Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Feb 2016 11:15ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Fri 19 Feb 2016 09:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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