The group will have breakfast at the Penitentes hostel and then take a short drive to the Aconcagua Park entrance. Here, the permits are checked by the park rangers and then the trek begins. It will take them about 4 hours to reach camp Confluencia. Mules will be transporting most of their heavy gear, while they […]
After his South Pole expedition, Sean spent last week relaxing in Mendoza, Argentina waiting for the Aconcagua team to arrive from South Africa. After a long day of travelling yesterday from Joburg to Buenos Aires and then to Mendoza, the eight guys and one female crew were met by Sean and transferred to the lush Executive Park […]
The team arrived at the South Pole at 12.30am our time (Sunday) – but officially at 19.30pm their time on Saturday 21 January.
From Sean: Zack and I set a world record today. We leopard crawled 500m to the South Pole after a 22km ski. Why not? Most importantly we made it to the most Southern point on […]
17 January 2012 – Exactly 100 years ago Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team arrived at the most Southern point on Earth, the South Pole, in their wool jerseys, leather boots, cotton under garments and waxed wind suits. Sitting ensconced in my down suit and nylon tent right now and […]
The Unlimited Child South Pole Expedition – Day 8
Despatch from Sean:
16 January 2012 – Antarctica has spoken. It’s 26 degrees below freezing. The terrain is spectacular, the team is fantastic but it’s brutally cold.
We are tucked inside the fabric of our two man tent, our lives preserved from the Polar breeze only […]
Heard from Sean last night – all are in fine spirits. They had just returned from a mini expedition around Union Glacier, which gave them an opportunity to acclimatise to the Antarctic conditions, practice sled hauling, fine tune the clothing and camping systems before leaving for the South Pole. The weather had been […]
