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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Approaching Santiago
Published on 03.12.2011 - Pole to Pole Run
Ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer is continuing his gigantic run towards the big South. He doesn't stop running at a daily average of 90 km ! Breathtaking feat...
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Alone with the ice, M. Wood starts to love his expedition…
Published on 03.12.2011 - North South Solo Expedition -Leg 2
Strange feeling for expeditioner Mark Wood who (Hercules Inlet > SP and back) : he starts barely to love his expedition after being 12 days on the ice.
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Bad weather seems to stalk Felicity
Published on 03.12.2011 - Kaspersky One TransAntarctic Expedition
British explorer Felicity Aston is on her way up to the Antarctic plateau through the Leverett glacier. But due to bad weather conditions she is quite slow.
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Almost done with Axel Heiberg
Published on 03.12.2011 - The Amundsen Memorial Expedition
The group of well trained tourists who is retracing a part of Roald Amundsen's itinerary (Amundsen Memorial Expedition initiated by Børge Ousland and Christian Eide) is almost done with climbing the Axel Heiberg glacier.
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Reconsidering reaching the Pole of Inaccessibility ?
Published on 03.12.2011 - Antarctica 2011-12 Legacy Crossing
After 29 days on the ice, Sebastian Copeland and teammate Eric McNair are analysing the situation : has reaching the POI become but an after thought ?
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Novolazarevskaia > McMurdo and back : by car !
Published on 03.12.2011 - South Pole Race 2011/2012 Centenary Race
Tony Martin the CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of TO Extremes World Races is undertaking a double traverse of the entire 6th Continent with three Toyota specially equiped cars.
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Not as fast as needed
Published on 02.12.2011 - Antarctic Ice Expedition
Even if the two Belgians can now use their kites almost every day, they do not progress as fast as they would like to.
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Slowly recovering
Published on 02.12.2011 - Cas & Jonesy : Crossing the Ice
Because of a better weather these last days, the two Aussies have been able to ski beside each other and have a chat while skiing.
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Gamme is speeding up
Published on 02.12.2011 - Antarctica 2011- 2012
Norwegian Tour Operator Aleksander Gamme has found better conditions on the way. As a result, he is speeding up.
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To scale back to their original goals
Published on 02.12.2011 - TransAntartika 2011
Due to extreme furious weather conditions, the three basque climbers had to scale back to their original plans. No more climb of any granite peaks in sight and concentrating oneself on the main target of the expediion, the South Pole.
