Polar explorer (third in history to ski solo to the North Pole) and Land Rover Brand Ambassador. My website My next expedition Follow me on TwitterTumblr (3.0; @bensaunders)http://blog.bensaunders.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vm4c72VF1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Al gets to grips with our new Crocodile Dundee lens (thanks @Nikon_Europe!) (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/22857225060http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/22857225060Fri, 11 May 2012 21:55:23 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vdc3MzcL1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Iceland (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/22848309819http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/22848309819Fri, 11 May 2012 18:45:39 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ni5xIfLC1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Touchdown in St Petersburg (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/22583023574http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/22583023574Mon, 07 May 2012 12:49:09 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xwjsfftM1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More Greenland kit: Camp’s (tiny!) Alp 95 climbing harness (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/21650141336http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/21650141336Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:02:15 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cwvgOf7A1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Training on Gipsy Hill this morning. Amazing London skyline from the top (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20955754521http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20955754521Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:59:39 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1wkojYYtl1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Suit fitting #3. Such a rite of passage; like I’m finally becoming a man… (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20404832019http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20404832019Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:14:43 +01003<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jlsjuA0X1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the Terra Nova Expedition’s stoves. I feel like a kid in a sweet shop. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20005675606http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20005675606Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:09:54 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jj367mZZ1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Captain Scott’s ski poles, no less (in the basement at SPRI). Goosebumps. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20004585453http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20004585453Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:11:30 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jimkBFDB1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cherry Garrard’s sun compass (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20004408179http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/20004408179Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:01:32 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1fzu3Sdn51qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Five-and-a-bit hours on the pedally this morning. Not sure I’ll be leaving this position for a while. (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19890470433http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19890470433Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:22:50 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1e2j5QGkV1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A bit of light weekend reading (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19830275485http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19830275485Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:25:53 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ac6fawzB1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A reminder that with a bit of leadership, persistence and ingenuity, we humans can make things happen (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19728906430http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19728906430Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:03:51 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m130a2g7cr1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Brecon Beacons (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19509304542http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/19509304542Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:03:38 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0k6tvEy6O1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>About to head out in the avalanche control helicopter. Not a bad day at work! (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18942384513http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18942384513Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:10:43 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0k1xdby0R1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Heading into Italy (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18940478905http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18940478905Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:24:48 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0iehdPdXF1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Heading for the Alps in a 1957 Series I Land Rover (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18896414388http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18896414388Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:00:48 +0000<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/37797671" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Training on Skye last November with Al and Martin (my team mates in Antarctica later this year). A week in the middle of nowhere with no electricity, no phone signal and no internet.</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18808636086http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18808636086Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:04:54 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0ess3629C1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m on a boat! (Well, an amphibious Land Rover with Sir Ranulph Fiennes) (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18786809863http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18786809863Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:19:15 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0dca5GtPd1qz7b32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Monday morning’s schedule (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18730612508http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/18730612508Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:25:16 +0000<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/17774901113/tumblr_lzjw3uqe2a1qz7b32&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.twowheelsfast.com/">My brother</a> knows my weird taste in music better than anyone, and occasionally he’ll send something my way so well suited to the mood I’m in and the experiences I’m going through that it makes me stop in my tracks. I never thought I’d publicly admit to a dubstep track bringing tears to my eyes, but <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mtedenofficial/mt-eden-ruby-frost-oh-that-i">Mt. Eden & Ruby Frost’s </a><em><a href="http://soundcloud.com/mtedenofficial/mt-eden-ruby-frost-oh-that-i">Oh That I Had</a> </em>has done just that. Thanks Steve - I love you bro.</p>http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/17774901113http://blog.bensaunders.com/post/17774901113Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:45:00 +0000