Polar explorer Robert Swan

Robert Swan
Robert Swan (© Cmichel67/Wikipedia)

Anne Blair Gould meets Robert Swan, the first man to walk to both the North and the South Pole. Apart from being a leading Pole explorer, Swan is also deeply committed to the future of the planet. 

In conversation with Anne, he talks, among other things, about the hardship of his explorations and the difference between the two poles. At the time of the recording of the interview, Swan was planning to take a group of young people back to the South Pole. 

Producer: Anne Blair Gould

Broadcast: August 29, 1989