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Will Smith is taking on a daring journey - navigating all seven continents - in this National Geographic series. Over the course of 100 days, Smith will travel across the planet in an inspiring, seven ...

What began as an unplanned streak of family trips morphed into a globe-trotting mission, culminating with an Upper West Side couple's 7-year-old shuffling across Antarctic ice this fall, bundled tight ...

Hollywood actor Will Smith travelled across Antarctica with former Wales rugby star turned global adventurer Richard Parks as his guide, in a new series which sees him visit all seven continents.

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