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- ↑ "Extreme Lives:Cannibals and Crampons". Cannibals and Crampons . Ginger Productions . Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ "Extreme Lives:Cannibals and Crampons". Cannibals and Crampons . Banff Mountain Film Festival . Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ "Amazon". First Contact . Eye Books . Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ "Race to the Pole". Blizzard: Race to the Pole. BBC . Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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