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'The White Darkness' tells the stunning story of a solo trek across Antarctica

It is January 2016 and Henry Worsley is in a world of hurt. The exceptionally fit explorer has lost 40 pounds while trekking alone for two solid months across the Antarctic. The temperature is approaching 40 degrees below zero. It is windy. Frostbite is nibbling at his fingers. And he is in agony from head to foot.

Worsley, a retired British Special Services officer and Renaissance man, has almost made it to the other side of the frozen continent, which is

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