What to listen to next: History’s Toughest Heroes

13 Minutes will return with a new season in 2026 but in the meantime, we recommend History’s Toughest Heroes. The actor Ray Winstone tells stories of adventurers, rebels and survivors who lived life on the edge. These are tales of fearsome heroes from across history including arctic explorers, medieval knights and Hollywood stuntwomen. This episode is about an arctic explorer, trapped in a snow drift the size of a coffin. How will he survive frostbite and make it out alive?

Please note, this episode contains some vivid descriptions of what it is like to have frostbite. To listen to more episodes of History’s Toughest Heroes, search wherever you get your BBC podcasts.