Ben Kozel (born 1973) is an adventurer, author, film maker and teacher, born in

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.Ben Kozel's website
/ref> With friends Colin Angus and Scott Borthwick of South Africa, Kozel journeyed the length of the

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in 1999–2000. In 2001, Kozel, Colin Angus, and Remy Quinter became the first team to travel the entire length of the

Yenisey River The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук, ...

Publications

*''Three Men in a Raft'', 2002, *''Five Months in a Leaky Boat'', 2003,

Film career

Kozel's films are co-produced for

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Television. They have collectively won ten awards including Best Adventure Film at

Mountainfilm in Telluride Held every Memorial Day weekend since 1979, Mountainfilm is a documentary film festival that showcases nonfiction stories about environmental, cultural, climbing, political and social justice issues in Telluride, Colorado. In 2000, Mountainfilm s ...

References

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