The future has already begun In retrospect, the developments of Antarctic expeditions over the last 30 years can be seen. Following the motto “by fair means” – or actually “by purest means” – some saw the renunciation of the use of...
The following polar athletes always learned from their predecessors and increasingly increased the distances covered with more and more powerful power kites. Thus the Belgians Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer improved the kite technique in the South Polar summer of...
The position of the South Pole on the slowly flowing surface of the ice is marked exactly at 90°00’00” south latitude on January 1 each year by artistically redesigned South Pole markers. (Photo: Christoph Höbenreich 2015) The Geographical South Pole is...
Modern polar travellers glide over the blue ice in East Antarctica. (Photo: Christoph Höbenreich, 2019) The development of modern expeditions to Antarctica and an attempt to classify ice travel While there have long been recognised classification systems in alpinism...