Happy Holidays! Join us as we hear the heroic and often tragic tales of those who attempted to reach the North and South Poles.

Show Notes:

• Trans-Antarctic Expedition: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Henry-Shackleton#ref184881
• Peary and Henson: https://kacv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pbs-world-explorers-henson-peary/pbs-world-explorers-henson-peary/
• American Museum of Natural History: https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/15/books/eskimo-boy-injustice-old-new-york-campaigning-writer-indicts-explorer-museum.html
• Opening Clip from The Polar Express (2004) Dir. by Robert Zemeckis
• Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/through-the-clouds