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THE ART OF ADVENTURE
The Art of Adventure is a weekly podcast from Arthur Beale hosted by Hugh Taylor. Each episode dives into one extraordinary journey, from history’s most famous names to overlooked pioneers and modern trailblazers. Along the way, we ask what these stories reveal about the real art of adventure: the preparation, the doubt, the grit, the judgement - and the tiny choices that change everything.
New episodes every Wednesday.
"The Art of Adventure hosts an interview about a different exploration each week, from George Mallory’s expedition to Everest in 1924, to Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Endurance, and Sharman’s space flight. It has been steadily climbing the charts, which is a feat in itself, given that it’s hosted by a shop, rather than the likes of Goalhanger." - daisy dunn for the spectator
Sailing Solo Around the World Like It's 1968: The Golden Globe Race
Sailing Solo Around the World Like It's 1968: The | RSS.com In 1968, nine sailors set off on the first solo nonstop race around the world. Only one crossed the finish line. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston...
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Gino Watkins: The Greatest Explorer You've Never Heard Of
In 1930, a 24-year-old Cambridge undergraduate named Gino Watkins led fourteen men to the east coast of Greenland on one of the most ambitious Arctic expeditions of the twentieth century. Their mis...
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Solo to the North Pole: Pen Hadow
Solo to the North Pole: Pen Hadow | RSS.com In 2003, Pen Hadow became the first person to trek solo and without resupply from Canada to the North Geographic Pole - 770 kilometres across shifting s...
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The Lost Franklin Expedition: What Really Happened?
In 1845, Sir John Franklin sailed from England with 129 men and two of the Royal Navy's finest ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to chart the last unmapped stretch of the Northwest Passage. They we...
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Navigating the Grand Canyon Like It's 1869
Navigating the Grand Canyon Like It's 1869 | RSS.com In 1869, John Wesley Powell set off down the Colorado River with nine men, four wooden boats, and no idea what lay ahead. The Grand Canyon, 300 ...
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The First Brit in Space: Helen Sharman
In 1989, Helen Sharman was driving home from work when a radio ad changed her life. Astronaut wanted. No experience necessary. Britain had no space agency, no human spaceflight programme, and no tr...
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Climbing Mont Blanc like it’s 1838
Climbing Mont Blanc like it’s 1838 | RSS.com In 1838, Henriette d'Angeville became the first woman to climb Mont Blanc unaided in a 12-kilogram wool dress, a matching bonnet, and hobnail boots, wit...
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The Endurance: How to Captain a Ship Like Shackleton
The Endurance: How to Captain a Ship Like Shacklet | RSS.com In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. His ship never reached the continent. Within months,...
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Rowing for My Life: A Record Breaking Tale of Endurance
Rowing for my life: A Record Breaking Tale of Endu | RSS.com Kathleen Saville was barely out of college when she rowed her first ocean - earning a world record along the way. What began as a wildly...
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Mallory's last climb: What really happened on Everest?
Mallory's Last Climb: What Really Happened on Ever | RSS.com Arthur Beale’s new podcast, The Art of Adventure, launches TODAY. Our first episode explores one of the greatest mountaineering myste...
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About Arthur Beale
We are one of the United Kingdoms oldest chandlers, tracing our history back 500 years. We have supplied all sorts of exciting expeditions in our long history, including early Everest and Arctic Expeditions for Ernest Shackleton, Gino Watkins and many more.
We pride ourselves on our passion and dedication for high quality kit for every adventure.