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Svalbard and the North East Passage

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Last broadcast on Fri, 13 Nov 2009, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

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Adjoa Andoh reads from Sara Wheeler's account of her journey to the lands that border the Arctic Ocean.

Sara 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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  1. Thu 12 Nov 2009
    09:45
  2. Fri 13 Nov 2009
    00:30

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