News

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

Larramendi and team : Waiting for Eole at the SP

Published on 08.01.2012 - Acciona Windpower Antarctica 90°S

Since their arrival at SP (on 1 January), Larramendi and team had time to rest thouroughly ; because what they really missed most during the first leg was being able to sleep without being shoved all over by the sled in motion.
EWR Race is on

Published on 08.01.2012 - South Pole Race 2011/2012 Centenary Race

On 3 January all the EWR staff and all the competitors were reunited at the place were the Centenary race was to begin (about 700 kil from the SP).
The Basque Team : almost flying home

Published on 08.01.2012 - TransAntartika 2011

The three basque climbers are ski/kiting quite fast on the way back to Hercules Inlet. On 6 January, they have no more than 430 kil to go.
Adventure has begun for BSAE officers

Published on 08.01.2012 - British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012

All the 24 people of the BSAE expedition have arrived now in the Antarctic. Some have flown from Punta Arenas to Rothera on Adelaide Island. The remainder sailed on board of sloop Australis through the infamous Drake Passage.
Mark George : One degree to go

Published on 07.01.2012 - South Pole Solo

Mark George is so excited to see light at the end of the tunnel (he has no more than 30 nautical miles to go) that he almost doest not sleep anymore at night. Will he decide to do the return trip ? No answer yet...
Wood : another 122 kil to go

Published on 06.01.2012 - North South Solo Expedition -Leg 2

As after the South Pole, Marc Wood will be preparing his next expedition and afterwards be rushing to the North Pole, he considers that his expedition is far from being over.
Richard and Michael waiting for the wind at the SP

Published on 06.01.2012 - South Pole and Back - Ski & Kite

After the arrival at the SP, Richard Weber and his client had planned to leave the station early in order to make miles and to take advantage of the wind.
Funny start for Helen, the BBC presenter

Published on 06.01.2012 - Helen’s Polar Challenge (Ski, Kite & Bike)

The first day of the trip, young Helen Skelton realizes that biking in the snow would be a difficult exercice. Who could have guessed such a statement ?
Amundsen team : near the goal / Scott Team : good mileage

Published on 06.01.2012 - The Scott Amundsen Centenary Race

For both team everything is working fine for these last days of the treks. But after all, if this expedition was really a race, the two people Amundsen team is obviously going to win.
Colliding with the surroundings and going faster

Published on 05.01.2012 - Antarctic Ice Expedition

Although the sastrugis fields are not behind them yet, Dixie and Sam are more and more in the flow of their voyage. Everything just seems to happen. "It's a very special feeling to surrender to it all..." (Sam).