Polar Expeditions

This website aims at covering polar expeditions by publishing an introdution and linking to the official expedition website. Major expeditions are followed-up more closely through regularly published news, pictures galleries and multimedia files.

Antarctica 2011- 2012

success - from 20.10.2011 to

TO manager Aleksander Gamme is going to Antarctica to complete the trek Hercules Inlet - South Pole. Solo and with the return trip in his mind. This is his way to commemorate the Amundsen year.
South Pole Race 2011/2012 Centenary Race

success - from 20.10.2011 to

TO Extreme World Race Ldt. organizes long survival endurance races all over the world. This winter they offer to compete on the Antarctic plateau : 704 km to run on the ice, between the crevasses, snow bridges and the sastrugis... So far 7 teams have registered.
South Pole 1911-2011

abandoned - from 19.10.2011 to

Asle T. Johansen together with two other Norwegians celebrate not only the Amundsen Centenary but also the 150th anniversary of the Fridtjof Nansen's birth. They'll use period clothing and equipment.
Mawson Centennial Expedition

postponed - from 18.10.2011 to

Australia celebrates also the centenary of their conquest of the 6th Continent by Douglas Mawson. This australian explorer planned a new scientific expedition to the Antarctic coast south of Asutralia. That was in 1911.
Kaspersky One TransAntarctic Expedition

success - from 18.10.2011 to

After having led the previons Kaspersky expedition (Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition) back in 2009-2010, Briton Felicity Aston is going back to the Antarctic. This time she has chosen to be alone and to cross the entire continent.
The International Scott Centenary Expedition 2012

scheduled - from 18.10.2011 to

The ISCE is not intended to be a re-enactment of Captain Scott's original Terra Nova expedition, but to provide a fitting focus and commemoration of its achievements, and so to generate maximum public interest and inspire an effective education and media programme. This is probably the most significant expedition as far as comemorating the centenary of the achievments of Captain Scott are concerned.
British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012

ongoing - from 15.10.2011 to

The British Armed Services is mounting an expedition to Antarctica in 2012 to commemorate Scott’s outstanding contribution to the nation and to science.
Scott’s 2012 v

postponed - from 14.10.2011 to

Everyone knows what has happened to Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team when the Bristish explorers tried to be the first to reach South Pole in 1911-12. Three Britons will try to finish their journey.
Steffen Dahl Expedition SP

abandoned - from 13.10.2011 to

Norwegian traveller Steffen Dahl has reached North Pole last spring. He now wants to reach the South Pole, alone and unsupported.
Inspire 2012

abandoned - from 12.10.2011 to

Bringing three Britons to the South Pole, this expedition wishes to reinforce the London 2012 messages of inclusion, participation and accessibility; and help inspire a generation during the excitement preceding the London Olympic and Paralmypic Games.