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The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse (SPoT), [2] or McMurdo–South Pole Highway [3] is an approximately 995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice [4] in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated by the National Science Foundation of the United States. [5]
Scott and his financial backers saw the expedition as having a scientific basis, while also wishing to reach the pole. However, it was recognised by all involved that the South Pole was the primary objective ("The Southern Journey involves the most important object of the Expedition" – Scott), and had priority in terms of resources, such as the best ponies and all the dogs and motor sledges ...
2006–2007 – Jenny and Ray Jardine 57-day ski trek to South Pole [24] 2007 – Pat Falvey leads an Irish team to reach the South Pole, skiing 1140 km only weeks after completing an unsupported Ski traverse of the Greenland Ice Cap in August 2007 in honour of Irish Polar Explorers such as Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean. Clare O'Leary becomes ...
Prime Minister of Norway in 2011. He visited the South Pole to celebrate the centenary of his compatriot Roald Amundsen’s achievement as the first explorer to reach the South Pole. [3] Gabriel Boric: Chile: 2025: First Head of Government from Ibero-America to visit the South Pole and first Head of State of the World. [4]
Boric called his trip to the South Pole an “honor” and a source of pride, TVN reported. “This is a milestone for us. It is the first time a Chilean and Latin American President has visited ...
A former GB para athlete has become the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. Jonny Huntington, from Kingsbridge, Devon, covered 566 miles (911km) of Antarctic ice ...
What we didn't know was just how hot things were getting down at the South Pole. According to research published this week in the journalNature Climate Change, the region has been warming at more ...
The Explorer's Grand Slam is an adventurer goal to reach the North Pole and South Pole, as well as climb the Seven Summits (Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, and Puncak Jaya or Kosciuszko). The Ultimate Explorer's Grand Slam includes this, plus visiting every country in the world.