Dispatches & Blogs

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

People always talk about what you can't take home with you after a polar expedition * . You can't take home the sled, or at least it has...

I love being comfortable. In fact I consider it a top priority on all my expeditions. My friends who aren't professional guides laugh at...

If you’re like me, March 9th started with a string of alerts, texts and notifications about the discovery of Shackleton’s famous ship,...

My job is to organize and guide polar expeditions. But my real work is sharing my experiences and my wonder so that other people might...

We are thrilled to be planning our November 2025 return to South Georgia Island near Antarctica. We interviewed Laurie and Richard...

Recently PolarExplorers' Director Annie Aggens sat down (virtually) with accomplished adventurer and explorer Lonnie Dupre to talk about...

Here at PolarExplorers, one of our most popular expeditions is our North Pole Last Degree. This expedition traverses the 60 nautical...

The world is full of female explorers, but very few of them guide polar expeditions. To celebrate International Women’s Day we asked...

The South Pole / Vinson combination is an increasingly popular duo of polar expeditions and not only for adventurers doing the Explorers...

In the world of extreme adventuring, there is always another expedition to be had. Always another mountain to climb, route to accomplish,...

The team could describe today using four words that start with W: wind, whiteout, warm and wet. They have had many days of whiteout and...

Actually it was 30.2 km - a seemingly small difference, but not if you are the person who did all the skiing! They'll take every tenth of...