News
This section is featuring the latest news regarding adventure in the polar regions and from the expeditions we are following closely.
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Larramendi’s Expedition Audiovisual Equipment
Published on 10.12.2011 - Acciona Windpower Antarctica 90°S
One swallow does not make a summer : while Larramenti and teammates are stuck in Capetown (stormy weather in Novo), we publish the complete list of the audiovisual gear spanish explorer takes with him in Antarctica.
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Another record for pair Copeland/McNair ?
Published on 10.12.2011 - Antarctica 2011-12 Legacy Crossing
After their Greenland record of last year (595 km in 24 hours kiting), pair Copeland/McNair might well beat another one this year, the slowness record ...
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Building an ice bar at South Pole
Published on 10.12.2011 - South Pole Race 2011/2012 Centenary Race
EWR : Tony Martin's team together with guest from Think Global School have reached South Pole on 6 December fifteen days after having left Novolazarevskaya.
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A Plane in the Sky
Published on 09.12.2011 - Cas & Jonesy : Crossing the Ice
Both Cas and Jonesy are feeling a lot better mentally. But they start to feel an extreme fatigue straining strongly their body during the day as well as when laying in the tent.
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Waiting desperately for the wind
Published on 09.12.2011 - TransAntartika 2011
The three basque climbers never thouhgt before arriving in Antarctica that they were going to be so depending upon the winds.
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A lot of pit formations on the way
Published on 09.12.2011 - Antarctic Ice Expedition
Belgians Dixie and Sam thought they were done with the satrugis. No way ! Here they come again : carpeted on the slopes of the small hills of the pit formations which the duo meets on its way.
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Gamme : as regular as clockwork
Published on 09.12.2011 - Antarctica 2011- 2012
Despite his so called hallucinations (with the penguins the other day), TO Aleksander Gamme seems to be scheduled like a computer : he is doing 27 km every day.
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Skiing in white out : no problem for Bosch !
Published on 09.12.2011 - South Pole 1911-2011, Two Men One Goal
Despite the white out, Catalan Albert Bosch moves ahead. He has found a way to ski even during the white days.
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“Keep plugging at it !”
Published on 08.12.2011 - South Pole and Back - Ski & Kite
These are Richard Weber's words when he wants to encourage his tourists. The progression is unfolding quite well though, but the snow is really too soft to glide on.
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The rest of the trip hinges upon a ski tip…
Published on 08.12.2011 - South Pole Solo
Mark George is not a handyman. He hasn't taken with him a spare pair of skis either. And besides, one of his ski tip is seriously damaged.
