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Conquering the Arctic

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This is part two of a series focusing on Peter Bland of Wattle Bank Farm

Introduction to Antarctica 

“ON THE vessel was a man called David Hempleman-Adams,” Peter Bland explained.

“He had done the Seven Summits and was attempting the four poles; the magnetic poles and the geographic poles. We were doing the South Magnetic Pole with him on this one…

“On Valentine’s Day, the yac...


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