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Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters sledge-hauling down the 600 meter drop. Live image over Contact 4.0 courtesy of humanedgetech.com/expedition/an2009 (click to enlarge)
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Antarctic wrap-up: Cecilie and Ryan through the big drop, ice falls and crevasses; seeing the finish at the Ross Sea
Posted: Jan 21, 2010 12:00 am EST
Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters are negotiating the last big obstacle in their crossing of Antarctica, the Axel Heiberg Glacier. They can see their finish point at the frozen Ross sea ice.
Unassisted, Unsupported
Cecilie Skog and Ryan Waters
– Berkner Island Start
Ryan reported that two days ago they went to sleep anxious to get over to the big drop and get started down the Axel Heiberg Glacier, “the last remaining BIG obstacle left,” he emphasized.
At 12 am they were both awake and agreed to just go and were off at 2 am.
He continued, ”17 hours later, through the big drop, the quiet valley, the triangle, ice falls, crevasses, and down the ski jump, we were very tired but through the best of the route.”
”Today [20 January] we covered 30 kilometers down the long and lovely glacier and can literally see the finish out below us on the frozen Ross sea ice.”
Ryan added, “Check here tomorrow for the breaking news...”
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 (finished)
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), Kim-Marie Spence (Jamaica), Kylie Wakelin (New Zealand) and Sophia Pang (Singapore) – Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf / Messner Start (Finished)
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