What do you do when you’re walking in the middle of the Arctic, the shotgun you bought on the Russian black market won’t fire, and a couple of ski poles is the only thing between you and a stalking polar bear? Listen to this harrowing story told by polar explorer and TED talker Ben Saunders.
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