Irish Polar Explorer - Niall Carton.
It’s minus 17 in Moscow today – but that’s not cold enough for an Irishman living there who’s getting ready to follow Irish polar explorers like Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean on a trip to the South Pole in just under a fortnight. Niall Carton’s raising money for an Irish charity building hospices and orphanages in the former Soviet Union – following an eventful trip when he made it to the North Pole despite serious injury after falling on the ice. If he does it – he joins a very select band who’ve made it to both poles. Irish Journalist ...
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