B: He is from Poland.

A: What are his explorations?

B: He went to both the North Pole and the South Pole within a year.

A: Can you tell me something about his journeys?

B: Marek Kaminski's two most famous expeditions so far were in 1995. In the first one to the North Pole he traveled on skis with Wojtek Moskal and got to the Pole on the 23rd of May 1995. He called the expedition 'Poles to the Pole'. And his second one was a solo expedition to the South Pole. He traveled 1400 km and got to the Pole on the 26th of December in the same year. He called the second expedition 'A Pole to the Poles'.

A: Two good names. And did he have any problems on the second one?

B: His biggest problem was wind, blowing with speeds up to 330 km per hour. And there were temperatures of minus 60 degrees C. Antarctica's a tough place, you know.

A: So, could you give us some background on Marek. What kind of person is he?

B: In some ways he's not a typical explorer. He studied philosophy at university and he speaks six languages. He likes reading books on his expeditions. One of his favorite authors is Tolkien. He also writes a lot himself. He always uses pencils because they don't freeze!

A: Right. And this is the question we always ask. Why does he do it?

B: Well, he wants to test the limits of what humans can do. When I spoke to him, he told me something very interesting. He said that on his polar expeditions he learned that everyone has limits, but the limits are in us, not outside us. And he raises money for charity, especially children's charities. He says that he feels the children are with him when he's on his expeditions.

A: Has he got any advice for young people interested in going on expeditions?

B: Yes. One very good piece of advice is this: the key to a successful expedition is your brains not your legs, and the most important thing is your dreams.

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