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Image Name Country Year of Visit Details Helen Clark: New Zealand: 2007: Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008. She was the first Head of Government to visit the South Pole, highlighting her country’s commitment to Antarctic research. [2] Jens Stoltenberg: Norway: 2011: Prime Minister of Norway in 2011.
Edward Allcard; 1957–1973; circumnavigation via the three great capes aboard his 36-foot wooden ketch Sea Wanderer. Webb Chiles; solo circumnavigation 6 times, with the first being in 1975–1976; Jon Sanders; 1970–2021; completed eleven circumnavigations. [9] 1970 First solo circumnavigation trip east to west mostly sailing through tropics.
The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton, that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both land and water.
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 ...
Chile's President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, after arriving at a US base there. The president said his visit to the Amundsen-Scott South ...
In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan. [2] Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (in Argentina, mainly), or ...
A 21-year-old Norwegian woman has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, solo and without assistance, her team told AFP on Tuesday. Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat ...
The idea for the South Pole expedition came after he stopped skiing competitively and he planned and trained for the expedition for five years. He said: "I don't think I've pushed any boundaries ...