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b"Take a freezing journey to Antarctica with legendary travel writer Jonathan Thompson,\\xa0following in the footsteps of the great polar explorer Ernest Shackleton for the 100th anniversary of his Endurance expedition.\\xa0\\n\\nThe Endurance is one of the greatest adventure tales ever told. With both poles already discovered, Shackleton's plan was to do something even bolder and more ambitious. He planned to cross the entire Antarctic continent on foot, a distance of more than 1800-miles, across the coldest, most unforgiving place on Earth. But disaster struck almost immediately. His ship got stuck in the ice and started to break up beneath him, forcing him to abandon it and begin a desperate trek to save the lives of his crew. He had little chance of success. What followed was nothing short of a miracle.\\n\\nHear Shackleton's story interwoven with JT's own journey. Highlights include:\\n\\nCrossing the Drake Passage, the most dangerous stretch of sea on the planet\\n\\nIce camping on Antarctica itself, something very few people have ever experienced\\n\\nVisiting scientific research bases and sampling the Ukranian base's home-brewed vodka\\n\\nExploring enormous penguin colonies\\n\\nHiking and cross-country skiing in one of the remotest places on Earth\\n\\nKayaking among seals, whales and enormous pale blue icebergs\\n\\nTaking the infamous 'Polar Plunge', a freezing dip into Antarctic ocean through a hole cut into the ice itself\\n\\nThrough it all, learn what it's like to take a bucket-list cruise to the bottom of the Earth, discover the untouched beauty of the last truly wild continent, and be inspired by one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.\\n\\nFollow Jonathan Thompson:\\n@JT_Travels\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/jt_travels/\\nhttps://twitter.com/JT_Travels\\n\\nOriginal music by Alistair Nisbet. For more information contact: https://www.facebook.com/allynisbet\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/ally.nisbet/\\n\\nTo book this trip for yourself, visit: http://www.armchair-explorer.com\\n\\nThe Armchair Explorer podcast is adventure storytelling with beats, original music and cinematic effects. Each episode one of the world's greatest adventurers tell their best story from the road. No long-winded interviews, just straight to heart of the action.\\n\\nHost Aaron Millar is a multi-award-winning travel writer, journalist and author. He contributes regularly to The Times of London, National Geographic Traveller (UK), and many other national and international publications. He has presented travel documentaries for National Geographic TV, written two books for London publisher Icon - 50 Greatest Wonders of the World & 50 Greatest National Parks of the World - and is the 2014 and 2017 British Guild of Travel Writers Travel Writer of the Year. Aaron grew up in Brighton, England but is currently hiding out in the Rocky Mountains of Louisville, Colorado.\\xa0\\n\\n@AaronMWriter\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/aaronmwriter/\\nhttps://twitter.com/AaronMWriter\\nFacebook: @armchairexplorerpodcast\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"