John Geiger was presented with the 2009 Stefansson Medal by Explorers Club vice-president Joseph Frey at a ceremony in Toronto on October 31, 2009. The medal, from The Explorers Club in Canada, was given to honour "an outstanding contribution to the history of exploration." Frey praised The Third Man Factor: Surviving the Impossible, as an important contribution to exploration literature and noted its international impact. The book documents historical, as well as numerous contemporary examples…