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The explorer Pen Hadow was the first person to walk solo across the pack ice from Canada to the North Pole in 2003 and he's about to start a new quest in a very different way - he鈥檒l try to be the first person to sail there in a yacht.

Mr Hadow is aiming to highlight the effect climate change is having on the ice caps and get the area protected to stop it being exploited. He says the receding of sea ice means his original route on foot is "no longer possible".

(Image: Pen Hadow. Credit: Getty Images)