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Collaborative Effort: The Millions Interviews Felicity Aston

In Polar Exposure: An All-Women’s Expedition to the North Pole, author, speaker, research scientist, and polar explorer Felicity Aston gives readers the inside story of her 2018 Women’s Euro-Arabian North Pole Expedition, from the creation of her team of 10 women, to their preparation in Iceland and Oman, to the extreme conditions of the Arctic.

The Millions caught up with Aston to talk about the Polar Exposure—which Publishers Weekly called “a page-turning tale of adventure” in a starred review—the expedition, climate change, and what’s next for her.

How did the all-women

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