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Opening image: Not Bali. Laura Wilson and Ben Herrgott are a pair of adventurous surf rats with a predilection for unusual travel destinations, the more remote the better. Photo Pili Sundblad

By Laura Wilson and Ben Herrgott 21 Mar 2024

The Beginning of Everything From The End of The World: Laura And Ben Go To Antarctica, Part 1

Laura Wilson and Ben Herrgott are a pair of adventurous surf rats with a predilection for all things remote, rugged and raw as possible. In the middle of the pandemic, they made a decision – to depart their sweet home-time situation in Jan Juc, just down the road from Bells, and set out on an epic expedition to all the far-flung corners of the earth they hadn’t yet explored. A couple of modern-day wayfarers, they packed up their lives late last year and set sail. First stop: Antarctica.

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Opening image: Not Bali. Laura Wilson and Ben Herrgott are a pair of adventurous surf rats with a predilection for unusual travel destinations, the more remote the better. Photo Pili Sundblad

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