Category : Poles

Antarctica: Kite-Skiers Make the Pole, But Abe Won’t Finish

Martin Walsh

13/01/2022

Last week, Preet Chandi finished her Hercules Inlet to South Pole route. This week, Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer-Childs have made it too....

Antarctica: Running Out of Time

Martin Walsh

06/01/2022

Antarctic Antarctic Poles

In this week's update, Preet Chandi arrives at the Pole, Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer-Childs inch closer, and Masatatsu Abe's expedition ...

Antarctica: The Home Stretch for Some, A Long Way to Go for Others

Martin Walsh

30/12/2021

Antarctic Antarctic Poles

In this week's update, Preet Chandi flies into the home straight, Masatatsu Abe celebrates his birthday, and Justin Packshaw and Jamie Facer...

Antarctic Roundup: Another Evacuation

Martin Walsh

23/12/2021

Antarctic Poles

This week in Antarctica features more drama. Another expedition has required an emergency evacuation, and the weather continues to frustrate...

Antarctica: Expeditions in Trouble

Martin Walsh

17/12/2021

Antarctic Poles

In this week's Antarctic roundup, one expedition aborts and another one struggles. Packshaw and Facer-Childs kite-ski expedition Packshaw ...

Antarctica Update: An Eclipse and a Major Route Change

Martin Walsh

09/12/2021

Antarctic Poles

For most Antarctic expeditions, the weather has improved in the last two days; but as always, it remains tough going on the coldest continen...

Antarctic Update: Sastrugi and Soft Snow

Martin Walsh

03/12/2021

Antarctic Poles

Antarctic expeditions setting out from Hercules Inlet have started to encounter sastrugi, those waves of hard snow formed by the wind. Meanw...

Great Survival Stories: Tyson’s Wonderful Drift

Martin Walsh

30/11/2021

Arctic Survival

The 1871-1873 Polaris expedition made it as far north as 82° 11’, farther than any vessel before it. Nevertheless, the expedition was a d...

Antarctic Expeditions on the Move

Martin Walsh

25/11/2021

Antarctic Antarctic Poles South Pole

After a gap year because of COVID, the Antarctic season has begun again in earnest. Because of relatively late confirmation of an open se...

Zara Rutherford, Round-the-World Pilot, Stuck in Russia

Kristine De Abreu

21/11/2021

Arctic

Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford's bid to become the youngest woman and the first Belgian to fly around the world has run into problems sin...

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