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Podcast: Life Examined
Episode: Felicity Ashton on solo skiing across Antarctica: Lessons in survival and self-discovery
Description: Explorer Felicity Ashton recounts her solo skiing expedition across Antarctica, explaining exploration for her and many others is not merely a choice but a fundamental need.
“It took me a long time to realize that not everybody has that same itch to go. There's a commonality amongst all the explorers that I've written about is that, largely, it's not their choice. They're not deciding, ‘Oh, I'm going to do this.’ It's almost taken out of their control. They have to go and do it. There is no other option.”
Growing up, there was nothing in Felicity Ashton...