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Ben Saunders talks about his solo trip to the north Pole. "I'm not a scientist, I'm not an -ologist. I just drag heavy things around." 72-days alone. The fourth person to have done this. When he go there, he says that there was nothing there, not even a pole. He said he'd known that, of course, but he still kind of expected there to be something, anything, there. When he was made it to the pole, he called three people ... and had to leave messages.

Why does he do this? He's exploring the limits of technology and human potential. Now he's headed toward Antarctica to retract Scott's (doomed) steps.