Dispatches & Blogs

Vinson Base Camp After a successful climb up Vinson our team returned to Union Glacier yesterday and spent today eating, relaxing and...

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...

A look behind reveals an AMAZING view of Antarctica. The team has reached Vinson High Camp after a significant and beautiful climb with...

Today the team stayed at Low Camp and spent a acouple of hours hiking to the bottom of the fixed lines that lead to high camp. The next...

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...

Today was the last day in Antarctica for several of our team. They departed Union Glacier for Punta Arenas in the afternoon. When they...

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...

Awesome shot at the Ceremonial South Pole. SP, UG, VBC, PA? There are a lot of acronyms in Antarctica, and we're having fun using them. ...

We are delighted to share that our team reached the South Pole today at 4 PM local time after a full day of skiing. They set up their...

With better conditions today the team made over 8 nautical miles in 7 hours. The weather was stable with light winds out of the east, or...

This is what they likely experienced today, likely with less of a horizon. The team made 9 nautical miles today in hard conditions. The...

Half way there! A beautiful day today! No wind (ah...) and sun for a lot of the day, even if it wasn't always fully clear. One of the...

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

High cloud coverage + low visibility = skiing inside a ping pong ball. It was a good day today but you wouldn't have guessed it from the...

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...