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Mar 03, 2020 sir ranulph fiennes, british adventurer, pioneering polar explorer, and writer, who, among his many exploits, in 197982 led the first northsouth surface circumnavigation of the world i. In this exclusive extract from his new book, he describes how the quest almost killed him and he explains why he will never. Ranulph fiennes was born on march 7, 1944 in windsor, berkshire, england as ranulph twisletonwykehamfiennes. Mad dogs and englishmen paperback sir ranulph fiennes. The epic crossing of the antarctic continent ranulph, sir fiennes on. A video diary from sir ranulph fiennes on day 6 of his epic marathon des sables attempt in aid of marie curie.
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