ERLING KAGGE is a world-leading Norwegian explorer and author. He was the first in history to reach the North Pole, South Pole, and the summit of Mt. Everest on foot. In addition, Kagge crossed New York City from north to south, mainly through its sewage, water, train, and metro tunnels, sailed across the Atlantic, around Cape Horn, and to Antarctica, and was the first to walk alone to the South Pole. He has written nine books on exploration, philosophy, and art collecting. Kagge’s book Silence in the Age of Noise has been translated into 42 languages. In 2025, after six years of research and writing, his book on the history of the North Pole—After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice—was published.

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Norwegian adventurer, philosopher, and writer Erling Kagge will take you on a daring trip to the top of the world. His book, After the North Pole: A Story of Survival, Mythmaking, and Melting Ice, tells of his historic 58-day journey on skis to that exotic and sub-zero world that haunts every explorer’s imagination and is at the center of many a conversation about climate change. This memoir is a breathtaking adventure story and a meditation on the shimmering beauty—and fragility—of the North Pole.

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