News

This section is featuring the latest news regarding adventure in the polar regions and from the expeditions we are following closely.

  • Already on the ice

    Published on 02.11.2011 - General Info

    We have quite an early start this antarctic season with the polar expeditions. As early as the very beginning of November, four expeditions are on the move already.

  • Amundsen and Scott ? Yes but not only…

    Published on 22.10.2011 - General Info

    If this year is the Amundsen/Scott's Centenary year, it will also be the year on the polar adventurers who want to pay a tribute to the famous heroes. Some are tempting first class voyages, the others want only to be there.

  • Red Alert Everywhere !

    Published on 22.10.2011 - Climate Neutral Pole 2 Pole

    Ernest Nilson's website has just been rebuild : for the ease of everyone who is following his trip. Now we have at least the dates and the cold facts. That's why we know that the traveller and his companion are still in Central America.

  • Will Farmer continue ?

    Published on 21.10.2011 - Pole to Pole Run

    So far so good. Par Farmer is running a daily average of about 80 kilometers, which is a great performance in itself. But this time, something goes wrong because his toes are seriously infected. He has reached Perou though, his 12th country...

  • More than 30 expeditions in the Antarctic this winter

    Published on 17.10.2011 - General Info

    Thanks to the Amundsen-Scott Centenary (the conquest of the South Pole back in 1911-12), there are more than 30 expeditions which are going to the Great South this coming winter.

  • Pat Farmer on Twitter

    Published on 06.10.2011 - Pole to Pole Run

    For those who would like to follow more closely ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer, they can always follow him on Twitter ; he writes two or three lines almost every day. But the communication is always short.

  • After Acapulco, the jungle

    Published on 05.10.2011 - Climate Neutral Pole 2 Pole

    Ernst Nilson has not finished yet with Mexico. Together with Carl, they are slowly approaching the border of Guatemala. In fact they are much slower than Aussie Pat Farmer and team.

  • Farmer has entered the leg three of his adventure

    Published on 04.10.2011 - Pole to Pole Run

    After having crossed central America, ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer has entered the Darien jungle which separates Panama from Colombia.

  • Discovering a new world

    Published on 04.09.2011 - Pole to Pole Run

    Ultra marathon runner Pat Farmer is proceeding with his long run from North to South Pole. He just entered Mexico and he finds the country fascinating...

  • Riding through Baja California

    Published on 04.09.2011 - Climate Neutral Pole 2 Pole

    Together with his companion (who never appears on the photos), Ernst Johan Nilson is heading to the crossing of the waters between Baja California and the continent (Mazatlan).

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