2016-09-19

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Tom Scott

I thought I knew who got to the North Pole first. It turns out that it's a lot more complicated than you might think. [Pull down the description!] Frederick Cook; Robert Peary; Roald Amundsen. They all have claims, and they can all be disputed for one reason or another...

Over at Matt and Tom's Park Bench, I'm talking about my behind-the-scenes stories and showing photos from the trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3WuxFuPSu0

I'm here because of Chris Hadfield's Generator Arctic - go check out everyone else who was on the trip, and have a look at tickets for their show at Massey Hall, Toronto, on November 12th! http://generatorevent.com

Thanks to all the team at Quark Expeditions - http://www.quarkexpeditions.com - who made it possible for us to get there, and whose crew and staff on board were just amazing! In particular, thanks to Robert Headland, world-leading polar expert, who fact-checked my script.

The fellow traveller at the end is Ben Brown - https://www.youtube.com/user/benbrown100 - who's been putting out daily vlogs of his experiences!

Also on the voyage:

Norm and Joey from Tested are putting together videos from inside the ship, and Joey was camera op for today's video: http://www.youtube.com/user/testedcom

Elmo Keep is writing about the people we met:

http://twitter.com/elmo_keep

TimToTheWild is putting together beautiful footage: https://www.youtube.com/user/TimtotheWild

PLUS: These folks took incredible photos:

Vivienne Gucwa: https://www.instagram.com/travelinglens/

Paul Colangelo: https://www.instagram.com/paulcolangelo/

Simone Bramante: https://www.instagram.com/brahmino/

AND: writing an album on board, singer-songwriter Danny Michel: https://www.youtube.com/user/dannymichel

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