Michael Wigge left Berlin without a penny and travelled over 40,000km to Antarctica, hitchhiking, bartering and working his way by ship, plane, car, and foot, from Europe to Canada and the US and through Latin America.

Late British DJ John Peel will be honoured by a host of music stars at a charity Christmas concert in Manchester, England, later this month.

Tributes have continued to pour in for legendary DJ John Peel, who died of a heart attack at the age of 65.

THE music world last night paid tribute to legendary DJ John Peel after his sudden death at the age of 65.

Legendary radio DJ John Peel has died, the BBC announced today. He was 65.