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Book of the Week: The Magnetic North: Svalbard and the North East Passage

Book of the Week - The Magnetic North - 4. Svalbard and the North East Passage

Sara Wheeler remembers some of the explorers who have sought the North Pole.

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Sara Wheeler 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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