How one man visited every country on Earth without taking a flight

The World

Thor Pedersen, a former UN soldier originally from Denmark, went on a decade-long adventure that took him to every country in the world, but never took a flight on an airplane. By train, bus, boat and other forms of transport he covered over 220,000 miles. He got home to Copenhagen last year. Now he has a new book out about his adventure called, “The Impossible Journey.” The World’s Host Carol Hills spoke to Pedersen in 2023 soon after he returned home from his travels. 

This story originally aired on Dec. 4, 2023.

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