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Ben Saunders - Solo & unsupported North Pole Speed Record 2011
bensaunders.com | twitter.com/polarben

Filmed and edited by Temujin Doran - studiocanoe.com
Additional footage by Andy Ward - flickr.com/photos/averylongwalk

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  • Pete Barr-Watson 11 months ago
    great video, seeing the prep like that really adds atmosphere to the whole adventure for me...
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  • Alastair Humphreys 11 months ago
    Mucha suerte, amigo!
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  • Joe Sheffer plus 11 months ago
    Bravo What was the total weight saving, chopping all the labels, zippers, food packaging stuff.
  • Ben Saunders plus 11 months ago
    We didn't total it all up, but we lost about 200g (7oz) from the tent alone (no mozzie nets, Spectra guy lines, micro Line-Loks, Vargo Ascent ultralight titanium stakes, cutting tabs off zips, etc etc)
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  • Paolo De Guidi 11 months ago
    Great vid, amazing organization. Good Luck Ben
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  • Steve Blethyn 11 months ago
    Good Luck, Stay Safe, Enjoy!
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  • Sam Morrill staff 11 months ago
    There's something so soothing in all of this.
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  • Stephen Niebauer staff 11 months ago
    really superb video and preparation for adventure. godspeed, ben.
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  • Alfie Barker 11 months ago
    amazing!
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  • Alex Horner plus 11 months ago
    Awesome, and a bit haunting. Who did the music?
  • Ben Saunders plus 11 months ago
    The same chap that filmed most of it, and edited the whole thing! vimeo.com/studiocanoe
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  • fotovideo plus 11 months ago
    Un largo viaje por un medio hostil en el que todo tiene que estar muy bien preparado y al detalle, con tranquilidad, para no tener sorpresas. Me gusta el retrato del final. Muy buen reportaje.
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  • Martin Burri 11 months ago
    picturesque cinematography

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  • Jamie Sanderson plus 11 months ago
    Great, great and great!
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  • Gabriel Franco plus 11 months ago
    feel better now.
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  • billy congo 11 months ago
    Background music a bit too loud. Some dialogue I couldn't hear. Otherwise excellent.
  • Ben Saunders plus 11 months ago
    Thanks Billy. It was shot (wearing mittens, mostly below -35 degrees C), edited (on a laptop on a hotel room bunk bed, 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle) and uploaded (on a 0.05Mbps satellite connection) in the space of 24 hours, during which time Tem also composed and recorded the score (from scratch, on the same laptop) so I hope you can see why it perhaps wasn't entirely polished! We were pretty pleased with it considering the circumstances.
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  • JC Pieri plus 11 months ago
    awesome video :)
    what camera did you use ?
    and what police did you use too ? please
  • Ben Saunders plus 11 months ago
    Thanks. Tem uses a Lumix GH1 with a few different lenses and Andy has a Canon 5D Mk II. Amazingly, both seem to work fine in very low temperatures using standard internal batteries.

    Haven't seen any police up here yet! :)
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  • klegers 11 months ago
    Brave and amazing. Just added to vimeo.com/channels/blow
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  • Weir Family 11 months ago
    Inspiring, can't wait to see how you fair Ben. Bon chance!
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  • Benjamin Dowie 11 months ago
    Love it, amazing! All the little things you did to reduce weight were crazy! Very well shot and edited.
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  • Martin Guldbaek 11 months ago
    Super video. Captures the spirit of the whole thing really well. Godspeed Ben!
  • Leighton Dyer 11 months ago
    Yeah I second that!
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  • Findinglife.ca pro 11 months ago
    Great stuff.
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  • max dash 11 months ago
    good experience
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  • Mandeep S. Mohar 11 months ago
    Very inspiring. I want to do it so badly. lol. Great work.
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  • LITEMOUNTAINGEAR 11 months ago
    I'm cold
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  • Adam Wozniak 11 months ago
    this is great! really love the music track in the background.
    good luck!
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  • David Pardoe plus 11 months ago
    Brilliant Job!!
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  • Tarod Rettig 11 months ago
    Hermoso Trabajo :)
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  • Jim Karnik Films plus 11 months ago
    Excellent piece! Do you intend to make a full length doc from this expedition?
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  • Eva Jinn Productions plus 11 months ago
    Really inspiring! Love how the video was edited, really interesting with the music. This is amazing....<3
    -Eva xx
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  • Tea Testaaja 11 months ago
    Nice video
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  • Tobias Mews plus 11 months ago
    This is brilliant Ben! Tem and Andy did a great job. Great sequences, lovely images, clear and crisp! Impressed by the Lumix GH1! I thought I was being anal with my weight saving measures of the Marathon des Sables - you've taken it to new extremes! Good luck my friend!
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  • EmuVideo 11 months ago
    Congrats to all involved! I enjoyed all 8 minutes. Great filming and editing Temujin!
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  • Barry Levy 11 months ago
    what a fantastic adventure Ben!! something we would all like to do but never have the opportunity all the very best to you and the team.looking forward to the follow up....
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  • Oliver Benns 11 months ago
    Great stuff, thanks for sharing.
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  • Ragnar Freyr 11 months ago
    Featured on Inspivids: inspivids.com/
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  • Just Freerun 11 months ago
    wow very nice, whats the song?
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  • Hugo Dias 10 months ago
    What camera u use?
  • Kyle Duren 10 months ago
    Ben Saunders 20 days ago
    Thanks. Tem uses a Lumix GH1 with a few different lenses and Andy has a Canon 5D Mk II. Amazingly, both seem to work fine in very low temperatures using standard internal batteries.
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  • Martin Andreas Kruse 10 months ago
    Great video, but background "music"/noise was really annoying...
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  • Ruben Perez 10 months ago
    Good
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  • Merah Jambu plus 10 months ago
    great adventure video!!
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  • Charles Huette plus 10 months ago
    Wow. This is inspiring in so many ways.
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  • Christian Hartmann 10 months ago
    Unbelievable!!!
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  • Where is the Cool? plus 10 months ago
    This guy is putting a new definition on cool. We featured on our website we liked so much.
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  • Rinku Kalsy 9 months ago
    Wow!!!
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  • pixie 8 months ago
    Stunning images and well edited Tem!
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  • Ben Hammersley 3 months ago
    Excellent!
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