Dispatches & Blogs

Day 3 was the toughest one yet for our team. They climbed 1,500' up a glacier and had to contend with some challenging weather. Cloudy...

The team broke camp for the first time this morning. They were treated to another beautiful day on Svalbard. They had a great day skiing...

After spending a couple days preparing for the journey in the beautiful town of Longyearbyen, our team hit the trail yesterday morning....

We are very happy to share that our team reached the summit of Vinson at 4 PM local time today. They had great weather and a fun day on...

T for "third day" at High Camp! Yum :) Hello from High Camp! That's the message today from our team on Vinson. The forecast they received...

What's it like at Vinson High Camp? Like this! Today our team spend the day at high camp where the weather was surprisingly nice, in fact...

The view near High Camp It was a relatively nice day at high camp but with weather on the way our team opted to rest, reorganize and...

We are happy to report that the weather cleared enough today for our team to make it to Vinson. With their South Pole conditioning and...

We did not receive an official update from the team this evening but earlier in the day they were still at Union Glacier and the weather...

Many places to the North of Union Glacier! There were no flights today from Punta Arenas so everyone enjoyed another day at the Union...

Everyone is now back at Union Glacier after returning from the South Pole. The Union Glacier basecamp is home away from home for many...

A halo around the sun is an Antarctic specialty Yes, it was a hard day with low visibility (again), colder temperatures and some wind,...

Break time! With warm temperatures of -5°F and a light and variable wind it was a nice first day heading South. The team covered 5.5...

Our team has made it to 89 degrees. Now they start skiing!

Good weather at Union Glacier The weather today was good at Union Glacier but not so much at 89 degrees which led to their first weather...

Our 2025 South Pole Last Degree & Mt. Vinson Expeditions kick off on January 1! We will be providing updates about the expeditions and...

One exciting final update from Team Cocoa-Motive! What a day! All of our days have been epic in different ways and today was no...

Team Mambo No.5 (aka Team Ski Strap): Hello from the East Coast and our journey's end! It's hard to accurately put our last day into...

Team Ski Strap: "We had a lovely first rest day today. It has been windy and wet all day long, and we were quite happy to be warm and dry...

Team Ski Strap: "James here again! We've finished day 20 and covered our largest distance yet, 16 miles. Starting out at -13 F, we...