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The South Pole by Truck

2024

The South Pole · 89.99° S, 0.00° E

From The Grand Traverse (EYOS, 2024)

I supported a first crossing of Antarctica, Union Glacier to the Leverett Glacier via the South Pole, in Hilux trucks.

People with sky, snow, The South Pole
People with sky, snow, The South Pole

From The Grand Traverse (EYOS, 2024)

From the camp at Union Glacier, across the polar plateau to the Pole.

From Stein's iPhone, South Pole (2024-01-12)

In trucks, not on skis or sledges.

Snow, ice, The South Pole
People, The South Pole
A snowmobile, snow, ice, The South Pole
People with an aircraft, sky, snow, The South Pole

On to the Leverett Glacier, which drains the plateau toward the Ross Ice Shelf.

BBC News and Explorersweb covered it.

Mountains, snow, The South Pole
People with snow, ice, The South Pole
Snow, ice, The South Pole
An aircraft, sky, snow, The South Pole
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