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01 Jul 2016 Leonard is part of organising team for Spitsbergen Retraced expedition

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Leonard is part of the organising team for the Spitsbergen Retraced expedition. This expedition retraced the first crossing of Spitsbergen carried out in 1923 by a group of Oxford University students. The expedition reproduced exactly the photographs from the first journey to show the impact...

10 Dec 2015 Leonard discusses his poetry on Radio 3 The Verb.

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Leonard appears on the Radio 3 programme ‘The Verb’ to discuss his volume of poetry called Arctic Journal. This was part of a series of programmes about poetry that focuses on the North....

18 Feb 2015 Leonard completes the 71km 7-Mila ski marathon in Sweden

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In rather unpleasant conditions, Leonard completes the gruelling 71km ski marathon in northern Sweden. It is a long day and by the time Leonard crosses the finishing line it is more or less dark and most of the organisers have gone home....