MANITOWOC (NBC 26) — A Manitowoc Public Utilities employee has lived a life few of us can imagine, including spending a year at the South Pole before finding his way to Wisconsin's lakeshore.

William Lindman, now a water production maintenance foreman for Manitowoc Public Utilities, says his adventures started with a babysitter who sparked his imagination.

Watch the full broadcast here: From South Pole to Manitowoc: Water worker's incredible journey to Wisconsin lakeshore

"It didn't just start with, I'm going to Antarctica," Lindman said.

His babysitter had served in the Peace Corps, and he eventually joined, serving as a water sanitation volunteer in Uganda.

Years later, back home in Missouri, he was working at a water plant when more inspiration struck.

"There was a documentary

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