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Jeremy Clarkson is a great polar explorer like Captain Scott, historian says [Video]

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JEREMY Clarkson is a great polar explorer like Captain Scott, a top historian claims.

Dr Linda Parker hailed his race to the North Pole on Top Gear in 2007 as a “watershed moment”.

Jeremy Clarkson is a great polar explorer like Captain Scott, a top historian claimsCredit: BBC
Polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon ScottCredit: Media Drum World

Clarkson, 64, is now seen on his Diddly Squat Farm for Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm.

But 17 years ago he and co-host James May raced 450 miles across frozen Canadian seas in a modified pick-up truck for a BBC Top Gear special.

Dr Parker, a polar expert, said they “pushed the boundaries of what’s possible”.

Clarkson’s “derring-do” was, she said, reminiscent of pioneers like Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

She wrote in a magazine article: “The Top Gear expedition was a watershed moment in the development of polar research and exploration.

“Light-hearted and comedic as it was, Clarkson and May’s attempt …

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