Often regarded as “The third Pole”, Greenland witnessed the dawn of what would become known as the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration in 1888 when the brilliant Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen launched an audacious bid to make the first crossing of Greenland, the world’s largest island. Until then, nobody had penetrated an icecap further than 100 […]
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I will never forget my first mountain climb; Moel Siabod in North Wales. It was no more than a rounded hump and at less than 1,000 metres above sea level, it was no more than a long walk. However, soaking in the draw-dropping views from the summit with my mates was a defining moment in my […]
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