Ben Saunders is one of the world’s leading polar explorers, and a record-breaking long-distance skier who has covered more than 6,000km (3,700 miles) on foot in the Polar Regions since 2001. His accomplishments include leading The Scott Expedition, the longest human-powered polar journey in history, and the first completion of the expedition that defeated Captain Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton, a 105-day round-trip from Ross Island on the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.
I’m going to be speaking about my latest solo expedition in Antarctica at the Royal Geographical Society in ...
I’ve just heard a rumour that the Ilyushin aircraft that will take me from Antarctica back to Punta ...
I’m still very near the South Pole, currently sat in a folding camp chair by a heater in ...
I reached the South Pole in the early afternoon UK time. Fittingly, the day started in a complete ...
It appeared that my Christmas allowance of sunshine had come to an end this morning, as I woke ...
Blue skies again today, and the best conditions I’ve had on the entire expedition so far. The surface ...
