Today the team arrived in Punta Arenas in the wee hours of the morning and soon after team members started departing Punta Arenas on homeward flights.
The Amundsen Centennial South Pole Expedition was an incredible journey and all of us at PolarExplorers are happy to have been a part of this expedition. It was a pleasure to work with each team member in advance of the expedition, and sharing the adventure via sat phone calls and audio updates has been a lot of fun. Rick and Dirk had a wonderful time with the team and they look forward to sharing more adventures in the future. Just because the team is no longer on Antarctica doesn't mean that the journey is over. Rather the expedition will live on as long as there are stories to tell and memories to share.
We hope you have enjoyed the daily updates from Antarctica! If you've enjoyed this armchair adventure we recommend that you follow our Full South Pole Expedition Blog, a team of 5 adventurers skiing from the coast of Antarctica near Union Glacier all the way to the South Pole. They are less than half way through their expedition, so there are many more updates ahead!
Of course when Amundsen reached the South Pole his expedition was only half over, he had to make it all the way back to Framheim. 100 years ago today Amundsen wrote in his jornal...
Again, thanks for following our Amundsen South Pole Expedition!
-The PolarExplorers team
The Amundsen Centennial South Pole Expedition was an incredible journey and all of us at PolarExplorers are happy to have been a part of this expedition. It was a pleasure to work with each team member in advance of the expedition, and sharing the adventure via sat phone calls and audio updates has been a lot of fun. Rick and Dirk had a wonderful time with the team and they look forward to sharing more adventures in the future. Just because the team is no longer on Antarctica doesn't mean that the journey is over. Rather the expedition will live on as long as there are stories to tell and memories to share.
We hope you have enjoyed the daily updates from Antarctica! If you've enjoyed this armchair adventure we recommend that you follow our Full South Pole Expedition Blog, a team of 5 adventurers skiing from the coast of Antarctica near Union Glacier all the way to the South Pole. They are less than half way through their expedition, so there are many more updates ahead!
Of course when Amundsen reached the South Pole his expedition was only half over, he had to make it all the way back to Framheim. 100 years ago today Amundsen wrote in his jornal...
But we can say with some certainty that we are south of 89°59’. We have circled in the possible missing seconds. I think our observations will be of great interest to experts. We began observations here at 12 am (Framheim time) and completed them at 12 pm (Fr. time). We shall leave here at 7 pm and from now on will go at night so as to have the sun behind us. We have set up the little tent with the Norwegian flag and “Fram’s” flag below it, waving from the top of the tent pole. Several things were deposited in the tent: my sextant with glass horizon, a hypsometer, three reindeer foot bags, some reindeer fur boots, and a pair of mittens. I left a letter to the King, and a few words to Scott, who I presume will be the first to come here after us. On the tent pole we fastened a plate on which we all wrote our names. And so farewell, dear Pole, we won’t meet again."
Again, thanks for following our Amundsen South Pole Expedition!
-The PolarExplorers team
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