To The South Pole in 2011
2011 is being called the Amundsen-Nansen Year. For us in Norway it is a Polar doubleheader that fills us with both pride and humility. It will be 150 years since Fridjof Nansen was born, – and of course, it will be 100 years since Roald Amundsen and his 4 men reached the South Pole. Both men have contributed enormously to the Polar regions and the art of Polar exploration. But they meant equally much to Norway as a young nation at the same time as we learnt how essential preparations, training and the need for understanding what it takes to challenge Mother nature is.
Antarctica is the coldest, most windswept and most desolate of all the world’s continents. At 3000 metre, the Polar plateau makes it also the highest. The challenges from 1911 is very much there today. The nature and wastnes is more breathtaking than anywhere. The emotions of reaching 90° South, the Geographical South Pole is still overwealming.
We will let you experience this uniqueness. Choose between:
• Fly into Antarctica in the beginning of December. Get a taste of a full Polar expedition by pulling a sledge the last degree (ca 110 km) and arrive at the South Pole the 14th December for this once in a lifetime celebration of one of the most dramatic conquests in exploration history. – And you will be home in time for Christmas!
• In the very beginning of November we will fly into Antarctica and out to the entrance to the Axel Heiberg Glacier. In an unsupported expedition, we will negotiate this stunning glacier, we will pass all the famous waypoints from 1911, and we will climb Peak Nansen before heading onto the plateau and make our way towards the South Pole. The aim is to be there on the 14th.
