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By Rhiannon Davies\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Ernest Shackleton looms large in the heroic age of exploration, making two bids to reach the South Pole and famously attempting to traverse the Antarctic continent, before his ship was crushed by pack ice. Fellow polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes chronicles his dangerous exploits and reflects on his own expeditions in a conversation with Rhiannon Davies.<\/p>\n\n

Ranulph Fiennes is the author of Shackleton: A Biography <\/em>(Michael Joseph, 2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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