The ExploraPoles website
ExploraPoles is one of the websites of the International Polar Foundation.
It provides an overview of polar expeditions and explorers. We hope that, through adventure, one can discover these fabulous regions and their importance for our planet's climate system.
Three other complementary websites focusing on various aspects of the IPF activities are available: IPF website, SciencePoles and EducaPoles.
Latest News
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Interview: Ranulph Fiennes plans historic Antarctic winter crossing
Published on 19.02.2013 - The Coldest Journey (Sir Ranulph Fiennes & Team)
As the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means, as well as the first to cross Antarctica on foot, British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is no stranger to setting new world records. Soon to turn 69, Sir Ranulph is currently on an expedition to…
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First mission : Depot on the plateau (Coldest Journey)
Published on 18.02.2013 - The Coldest Journey (Sir Ranulph Fiennes & Team)
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Latest from Fiennes’ Coldest Journey
Published on 29.01.2013 - The Coldest Journey (Sir Ranulph Fiennes & Team)
Highlighted expeditions
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The Coldest Journey (Sir Ranulph Fiennes & Team)
ongoing
25.10.2012 -
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is back in the Antarctic for a world first. He will lead a team of explorers to conquer…
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Solo on the classical Hercules Inlet - South Pole (Richard Parks)
abandoned
25.10.2012 -
After having retired from international rugby because of an injury, welshman Richard Parks has become the first person to succeed…
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Solo Across the Frozen Wilderness (A. Linsdau)
abandoned
23.10.2012 -
A young San Diego resident, adventurer Aaron Linsdau (38), wants to become the first American to complete, solo and without…
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Subglacial Lake Ellsworth (British scientists & engineers)
postponed
22.10.2012 -
In December 2012, a group of British scientists and engineers plan to drill through 3 kil of ice into a…
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The Dark Ice Project (A. Hibbert & J. Miles)
abandoned
22.10.2012 -
Britons Alex Hibbert (polar photographer, 26) and Justin Miles (writer, lecturer and management consultant to sports and fitness organisations, 39)…
