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Svalbard and the North East Passage
Episode 4 of 5
Adjoa Andoh reads from Sara Wheeler's account of her journey to the lands that border the Arctic Ocean.
Sara remembers some of the explorers who have sought the North Pole - by boat, on foot and even by hot air balloon.
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Fri 13 Nov 200900:30
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