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Steger is a legendary polar explorer, the first person to make a dogsled trip to the North Pole, and winner of the National Geographic Adventure Lifetime Achievement Award. He's at home in those frozen, hostile parts of the world that few of us will ever tread. But he's...
Steger's expedition will benefit from some celebrity association, with Sam Branson - the 22-year-old son of British airline tycoon Richard Branson - part of the team. Also on the expedition will be 27-year-old Norwegian Sigrid Ekran, who last year became only the second woman to win Rookie...
What they'll see may be startling. Climate change has already refashioned the geography of the Arctic, melting glaciers that past adventurers - not to mention the Inuit who make their home in the far north - once journeyed on securely. On a 1995 Arctic expedition, Steger had his own close encounter...
In 1951 he joined a New Zealand expedition to the Himalayas. Helped by ever-improving equipment and Nepalese Sherpa guides, mountaineers were advancing further and further up the world's tallest peak. In 1953 a team led by British Colonel John Hunt planned another assault on the mountain the Nepalese...
Koh, one of only 13 students in a joint program between Harvard and the New England Conservatory (NEC), was touring with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at the time—leading to his late-night expedition in the hotel lobby.