Erling Kagge is a world leading Norwegian explorer and bestselling author. Kagge was the first in history to reach the North Pole, South Pole and the summit of Mt. Everest on foot. In addition, he has 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 he was the first to walk alone to the South Pole. 

Kagge has written eight books on exploration, philosophy and art collecting. His book Silence in the Age of Noise has been translated into 42 languages. In 2025, post 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 –  will be published. 

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Norwegian adventurer, philosopher, and writerErling 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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