Rae was an explorer in the mould of Amundsen and Nansen, listening to the locals, learning from them what to wear, what to eat and how to survive. In… - Michael Palin
" "Rae was an explorer in the mould of Amundsen and Nansen, listening to the locals, learning from them what to wear, what to eat and how to survive. In his lifetime he mapped 1,750 miles of unexplored territory, with the loss of only one man. What a contrast with the disastrous expedition whose fate he was the first to discover.
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Sir Michael Edward Palin, KCMG, CBE, FRGS, FRSGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, television presenter and public speaker most famous as one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python, and as a presenter of travel documentaries.
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