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Dunedin-born Bob McKerrow is a mountaineer, polar adventurer, humanitarian, writer and poet. He has climbed 12 peaks, 8 of them first ascents. He did two major dog sled trips with legendary polar explorer Will Steger in the Arctic, including one to the North Pole. He has wintered over in Antarctica, lived in Afghanistan and is a world leader in disaster recovery. He's spent 36 years working for the International Red Cross in conflict situations and in times of major natural disasters. Bob is the author of three books on mountaineering and mountaineers and will be speaking at the NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival in Wanaka on the 2nd of June.