News

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

• It’s tough, but they’re making progress…

  Published on 25.11.2007 - Beyond Endurance

  The polar beginners taken to the Antarctic by Pat Falvey for the greater glory of Ireland are doing well and are already 12 days into their adventure.

• Making good progress, despite the wind!

  Published on 25.11.2007 - General Info

  Now that they have left Hercules Inlet, Adrian Hayes and his companions (including Evelyn Binsack from Switzerland and Max Chaya from Lebanon) are now on their 13th day out on the Antarctic icecap. So far, so good...

• Solo around Antarctica

  Published on 25.11.2007 - Solo Around Antarctica

  The Russian skipper, Fedor Konyukhov, is to sail round Antarctica. The course he takes will be used as a benchmark for a future race around Antarctica that the West Australian city of Albany intends to organise.

• Big guns set out for the South Pole

  Published on 25.11.2007 - Norwegian-US Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica

  In conjunction with the Americans at the NSF (National Science Foundation) and the IPY (International Polar Year), the Norwegian Polar Institute has put together a heavy-duty scientific expedition designed to advance our knowledge of the frozen continent.

• Stuck in Punta Arenas…

  Published on 25.11.2007 - Optical Express South Pole Challenge

  Since they arrived in Chile on 14th November, Cameron and John have been working non-stop on the final details of their adventure. But there are still no flights going to Patriot Hills – the weather continues to be awful there...

• Teachers learn how to survive in the Antarctic

  Published on 25.11.2007 - Fuchs Foundation Antarctic Expedition 2007

  This is the only expedition with an unusual twist scheduled for this southern summer season 2007-08. Made up of a team of teachers, the aim of the adventure is to have them live (and survive) some extremely out-of-the-ordinary conditions...

• En route for the Far South

  Published on 24.10.2007 - General Info

  After some difficulties in getting things underway, Dixie Dansercoer's expedition, 'In the Wake of the Belgica', has now departed and is heading for the Far South. Next stop: Ushuaia.

• Expeditions of the forthcoming Antarctic season

  Published on 03.10.2007 - General Info

  To date, there are thirteen expeditions on the table for the coming southern summer in Antarctica. Two projects have not been confirmed yet and one venture has just been cancelled.

• September 2007 : last turnover

  Published on 01.10.2007 - Tara Arctic

  September has marked a month of changeover for Tara. The ship has undergone its last crew rotation and taken fresh supplies on board. In a few months from now, the sailing ship should be making its way out of the ice...

• Tracking the Belgica

  Published on 20.09.2007 - General Info

  Just three months after his journey to the Arctic, Dixie Dansercoer is already off on a new adventure. He plans to follow the trail of the Belgica, Adrien de Gerlache's three-master.

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