Larsen : Two Wins Out Of Three
Published on 23.04.2010 - General Info
After reaching the South Pole on 04 January without let or hindrance, Eric Larsen has successfully reached the North Pole, the second phase of his trilogy, which is trying to get to the three poles in less than 365 days. So far, everything is perfect.
It was with Darcy St Laurent (a Canadian survival technician from Winnipeg) and Antony Jinman (a young 28-year-old British explorer from Plymouth) that the well-known explorer, Eric Larsen, has recently arrived at the North Pole. It was on 23 April and the trio had been on the ice for 51 days. He will therefore have taken three days more than Richard Weber and his team to get to the roof of the world.
All three are deeply concerned with safeguarding the polar environment and one of their common objectives was precisely to draw attention to the promotion of clean energies and to propose strategies for an effective reduction of CO2 emissions.
It should be noted that the difficulties encountered by the trio throughout their journey from Ward Hunt did not let up during the last week of their progression: during the night before their arrival at the Pole; for example, Eric, Darcy and Antony were once again driven back several kilometres (4.6 km to be exact) towards the South by a drift that was virtually incessant during their 51 days of expedition.
While waiting for the analysis of the expedition by his protagonist (who should appear in a few days at the most), let's recall Larsen's lovely formula: "Today", he wrote one day, "the modern-day explorers' work is no longer to discover but to protect..." And let's wish him good luck for his conquest of Everest in a few weeks time.
Breaking news: today, 23 April, the Larsen trio was recovered at 3pm TU by one of the MI-8 helicopter coming from Barneo and Boyarsky logistic.
