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  • 9 years ago
The Swiss explorer Thomas Ulrich will be attempting in 2016 to complete the first solo crossing of the North Pole. This will be ten years after a first attempt in 2006. What went wrong then? What it takes to prepare for such an undertaking? What’s the fascination with one of the most remote places on earth? (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch/visualimpact.ch)

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