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short AnD shy,BEn sAunDErs wAs thE lAst kiD in his ClAss piCkED For Any sports tEAm. "FootBAll, tEnnis, riCkEt—Anything with A rounD BAll, i wAs usElEss," hE sAys now with A lAugh.But BACk thEn hE wAs thE oBjECt oF jokEs in sChool gym ClAssEs inEnglAnD’s rurAlDEvonshirE. it wAs A mountAin BikE hE rECEivED For his 15th BirthDAy thAt ChAngED him.At First thE tEEn wEnt Biking AlonE in A nEArBy ForEst. thEn hE BEgAn to CyClE Along with A runnEr FriEnD、grADuAlly, sAunDErs sEt his minD to BuilD up his BoDy, inCrEAsE his spEED, strEngth AnD EnDurAnCE.At AgE 18, hE rAn his First mArAthon. thE Following yEAr, hE mEt john riDgwAy, who BECAmE FAmous in thE 1960s For rowing An opEn BoAt ACross thEAtlAntiC oCEAn. sAunDErs wAs hirED As An instruCtor At riDgwAy’s sChool oFADvEnturE in sCotlAnD, whErE hE lEArnED ABout thE olDEr mAn’s ColDwAtEr Exploits (成就). {{u}}intriguED{{/u}}, sAunDErs rEAD All hE CoulD ABoutArCtiC ExplorErs AnD north polE ExpEDitions, thEn DECiDED thAt this woulD BE his FuturE. journEys to thE polE ArEn’t thE usuAl holiDAys ForBritish Country Boys, AnD mAny pEoplE DismissED his DrEAm As FAntAsy. "john riDgwAy wAs onE oF thE FEw who DiDn’t sAy, ’you ArE ComplEtEly CrAzy,’" sAunDErs sAys. in 2001, AFtEr BEComing A skillED skiEr, sAunDErs stArtED his First long-DistAnCE ExpEDition towArD thE north polE. hE suFFErED FrostBitE, hAD A ClosE EnCountEr with A polAr BEAr AnD pushED his BoDy to thE limit. sAunDErs hAs sinCE BEComE thE youngEst pErson to ski AlonE to thE north polE, AnD hE’s skiED morE oF thEArCtiC By himsElF thAn Any othErBriton. his olD plAymAtEs woulD not BEliEvE thE trAnsFormAtion. this oCtoBEr, sAunDErs, 27, hEADs south to ExplorE From thE CoAst oFAntArCtiCA to thE south polE AnD BACk, An 1800-milE journEy thAt hAs nEvEr BEEn ComplEtED on skis.

whAt Do wE know ABout sAunDErsA．hE onCE workED At A sChool in sCotlAnD、
B．hE FollowED riDgwAy to ExplorE thE north polE.
C．hE wAs ChosEn For thE sChool sports tEAm As A kiD、
D．hE wAs thE FirstBriton to ski AlonE to thE north polE.