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Rachel Ross

A cross-country skier approaches the finish line under a blue banner reading Antarctic Loppet 2024, surrounded by spectators and flags on a snowy landscape.

How to Train for the Antarctic Loppet: The Cross-Country Ski Event in Antarctica

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Cross-country skiing played a key role in early Antarctic exploration: one aspect of Roald Amundsen’s 1911 South Pole success involved cross-country skiing. Since then, skiing has become an established form of transportation for polar adventurers. The Antarctic Loppet honors this legacy, rewarding skiers willing to brave the unknown with jaw-dropping…
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A person in cold-weather gear pulls a sled across snow toward a red and white plane labeled Kenn Borek Air Ltd, part of Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions, on an icy, remote landscape in Antarctica.

Antarctica Expeditions

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When legendary Sir Ernest Shackleton first dreamt of crossing the miles of frozen tundra to a lonely point on the map in the early 1900s, he couldn’t have imagined the hundreds of people who would follow in his footsteps. Incredibly cold, unforgiving, relentless miles on skis to reach the South…
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