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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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35 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Feb 2016 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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    Oh Happy Day

    • The Edwin Hawkins Singers Greatest Hits.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Carpenters

    Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft

    • Passage.
    • A&M Records.

  • John Denver

    Take Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ, Country Roads

    • John DenverΒ’s Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Philip Glass

      Mad Rush

      • Solo Piano.
      • Sony Classical.

  • Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

    They Reminisce over You (T.R.O.Y)

    • Mecca and the Soul Brother.
    • ELEKTRA.

  • Seal

    Crazy [Acoustic]

    • The Very Best of MTV Unplugged 2.
    • Universal.

  • London Elektricity

    Just One Second (Apex Remix)

    • Sick Music.
    • Hospital Records.

  • Thinnen

    Lone

    • Lone EP.

  • BOOK CHOICE

    The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Pen and paper

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Ben Saunders
Producer Sarah Taylor

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Feb 2016 11:15
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Fri 19 Feb 2016 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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