Ben Kozel is an adventurer, author and film maker, born in South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

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With friend Colin Angus

Colin Angus (explorer)

Colin Angus is a Canadian author and adventurer who is the first person to make a self-propelled global circumnavigation. Due to varying definitions of the term "circumnavigation," debate has arisen as to whether or not the route travelled fulfilled the strictest criteria...

 and Scott Borthwick of South Africa, Kozel journeyed the length of the Amazon River

Amazon River

The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...

 in 1999-2000.
In 2001, Kozel, Colin Angus

Colin Angus

Colin Angus may refer to:* Colin Angus , Canadian explorer* Colin Angus , member of the British electronic music group The Shamen...

, and Remy Quinter became the first team to travel the entire length of the Yenisey River.

Publications

• Three Men in a Raft, 2002, ISBN 0-330-36460-X
• Five Months in a Leaky Boat, 2003, ISBN 0-330-42146-8

Film career

Kozel's films are co-produced for National Geographic Television. They have collectively won ten awards including Best Adventure Film at Mountainfilm in Telluride

Mountainfilm in Telluride

Mountainfilm in Telluride is America’s premier festival celebrating achievement in adventure and activism, culture and environment, held annually over Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado since 1979....

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