Excerpt from Ice Talks Journal Today, I fly to the Arctic ice to start my third expedition to the North Pole. This expedition is not about reaching the North Pole – I did that last year. This expedition is more about the contribution we hope to make. The contribution to science; the contribution to the … Continued
The members of Team Two and a Half Men, all met each other at the 2007 150-mile stage race, the Gobi March. Most people would be thrilled to get in one of these trips during a lifetime, but these guys make a habit of it, and believe that life is for living now, and not … Continued
The Squaw Valley Institute is set to hold a Welcome Home Event for the South Pole Push Expedition tomorrow, January 31st. The Tahoe-based team, led by adaptive athlete Grant Korgan made history on January 17th with the very first team of adaptive athletes trekking to the South Pole. The event begins on Tuesday, January 31st … Continued
This past summer, with Stoup, the world’s most traveled polar explorer, and Fletcher, a world-class helicopter ski guide, plans for an expedition to the South Pole began to take shape. Training for Antarctica became a mission. The expedition team called it “The Push.” In July, with another adaptive athlete, John Davis, a two-time Paralympics gold … Continued
The Arctic. For centuries, it has called some of history’s greatest explorers—guys with names like Svavarsson, Peary and Amundsen—many of whom never made it back alive. Some froze, others starved. Which is why when you go, you should really bring a private chef… Introducing the Arctic Ski Cruise 2012, a nine-day sailing voyage through a … Continued
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada man paralyzed in a 2010 snowmobiling accident has reached the South Pole, traveling about 75 miles in sub-zero temperatures over two weeks to complete the trip on the 100th anniversary of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s trek there with the Terra Nova Expedition. Grant Korgan, who is paralyzed from the … Continued
Ice Axe Expeditions’s latest adventure takes skiers to a region known more for lost explorers and polar bears than carving. Its Arctic ski cruise in May 2012 heads to Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, just 600 miles from the North Pole, for riding pristine peaks. Guests can also explore mountainous Spitsbergen Island via snowmobile and skis on … Continued
On January 17, 2012, for the first time in history, an adaptive athlete will push the limits of man in the most inhospitable place on the planet – the South Pole. The chosen date marks the 100-year anniversary of when Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Terra Nova expedition reached the earth’s most remote spot. The expedition … Continued
The Push – A South Pole Adventure from p2sp on Vimeo. Doug Stoup to lead “THE PUSH: A South Pole Adventure From SouthPolePush.com… On January 17, 2012, for the first time in history, two adaptive athletes will push the limits and themselves to the most inhospitable place on the planet – the South Pole. The … Continued
