Image courtesy of Børge Ousland
Norwegian explorer Børge Ousland proves that anything is possible. Rigorous planning, overcoming fear, and finding motivation even under the most desperate conditions, are among the ingredients that have repeatedly led him to success. Ousland was the first person to ski alone to the North Pole, and the first to cross Antarctica alone and unsupported. In 2019, Ousland and Mike Horn crossed the North Pole in winter darkness from Alaska to Norway, one of the most daring expeditions in modern times.
Ousland will join us online from Norway to tell us about his 2019 expedition and an interview by noted UK journalist Keme Nzerem will follow.
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Ousland, Børge
Børge Ousland proves that it is possible to achieve the “impossible”. Rigorous planning, overcoming fear, and finding motivation even at the most seemingly hopeless of moments, are among the ingredients that have repeatedly led him to success. Børge was the first person to ski alone to the North Pole, and the first to cross Antarctica alone and unsupported. In 2019, Børge and Mike Horn crossed the North Pole in darkness from Alaska to Norway, one of the most daring expeditions in modern times.
Nzerem, Keme
Keme Nzerem is a correspondent for the British network television, Channel 4. His interests span social affairs from human rights to ethics in sport. He joined Channel 4 News in 2001 and has reported on major stories the world over. He ran the Channel 4 News Washington bureau 2005-2007, reporting from New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and Guantanamo Bay during the Iraq war. A film he narrated about the US military, Surge, won the RTS Foreign News Award in 2007. The sports beat has taken him to the World Cups in South Africa in 2010, and Brazil in 2014. He has also reported from Russia on hooliganism, and the Sochi winter Olympics and Paralympics. Keme has been chair of judges at the Kendal Mountain Festival for the past several years.