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Meagan McGrath bagged the South Pole after skiing solo from Patriot Hills. File image of Meagan on Everest courtesy of Ms. McGrath (click to enlarge)
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Antarctic wrap-up: Meagan McGrath at the South Pole
Posted: Jan 18, 2010 11:28 am EST
Meagan arrived at the Geographic South Pole on 17 January. She was one of five Everest summiteers on the ice this season. Meagan said it was the most difficult expedition she has done and she was very motivated to get to the finish line.
Unassisted, Unsupported
Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters
– Berkner Island Start
No new news from these two Everest (and K2) summiteers who are crossing Antarctica.
Meagan McGrath – solo, Patriot Hills
Initially the Canadian woman started out from Hercules Inlet at the coast, but on the second day she fell in a crevasse. Meagan and her gear was successfully retrieved by ALE’s rescue team and transported to their base camp, Patriot Hills.
After thorough consideration and consulting with polar experts, Meagan decided to carry on skiing from Patriot Hills to the South Pole.
Patriot Hills camp is situated at 80º 19' South, 81º 16' West and 1084 km from the Geographic South Pole.
Meagan, who climbed all eight summits of the Seven Summits, said in her voice report from the South Pole that the expedition was very challenging. She was very happy when she arrived at 90°S and said she was treated well at the South Pole station.
Links to ski teams:
Unassisted, Unsupported
Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters (Norway and USA) Berkner Island Start and beyond the South Pole
Meagan McGrath (Canada) Patriot Hills
Morten Grundsøe and Jens Erik Nielsen (Denmark) Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf / Messner Start (Finished)
Assisted, Unsupported
ANI Hercules Inlet team Eric Larsen (guide, USA), Dongsheng Liu (Canada) and Bill Hanlon (Ireland/Canada) (Finished)
Julio Fiadi (Brazil), Hercules Inlet Start, no updates
Kaspersky Commonwealth team Felicity Aston (United Kingdom, leader), Dk Najibah Eradah binti P. A. M. Al-Sufri Pg M-L Kahar or ‘Era’ (Brunei Darussalam), Stephanie Solomonides (Cyprus), Helen Turton (UK), Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu (India), Kylie Wakelin (New Zealand) and Sophia Pang (Singapore) – Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf / Messner Start (Finished)
ANI Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf team Hannah McKeand (guide, UK) and Arnold Witzig (Swiss/Canada) (Finished)
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