The Podcast
The Polar Business School podcast is hosted by entrepreneur and polar adventurer Michael Mitten. Through long-form conversations, Michael dives deep into the minds and experiences of the world’s greatest living explorers and extreme environment athletes to uncover lessons about:
leadership under pressure
resilience in extreme environments
preparation and risk management
teamwork in isolation
decision-making when the stakes are high
rebounding from failure
Michael is striving to understand how his guests’ extreme experiences have shaped their lives, and how those experiences can positively influence the lives of his audience, translating them for the modern world of leadership and business.
The Episodes
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Douglas Stoup
Higher Purpose and The Power of Preparation
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Doug is one of the world’s leading polar guides with numerous firsts to his name and has skied to both the North and South Poles more than anyone on the planet.
He continues to push the limits of human endurance while raising funds for charities, collecting scientific data for climate change scientists, and leading disabled adventurers to the polar environments.
Doug is the Founder of Ice Axe Expeditions, a leading polar and adventure travel provider that has run over 200 expeditions across seven continents.
A visionary, Stoup continues to push the limits in global expeditions, advocacy of protecting polar environments, and educating today’s youth on the importance of protecting the planet.
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Inge Solheim
Relentlessly following your dreams
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Inge Solheim is one of Norway’s most celebrated living adventurers. He’s veteran of multiple North and South Pole expeditions, creating a name for himself guiding disabled military veterans, royalty and celebrities – as well as your average polar punters – to the very edge of human capability in some of the world’s most challenging environments.
Having started out in business with no qualifications, making pizzas aged only 16, Inge built a high-flying, high-paying, career in finance, only to turn his back on it all in order to stay true to himself. Aged 29 he followed the call of the wild and his deeply rooted values, committing to become a professional adventurer.
Inge is a deep-thinking, philosophical, action man, who is equally at home base jumping from a cliff edge as he is leading a blind man across Antarctica.
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Want to be a guest?
Are you a leading polar guide, adventurer or extreme environment athlete with a story to tell and translatable experiences to share with our audience?