So You Think It's Cold

[blackrock13]

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who some consider the greatest explorer of our time is leading an expedition walking across the Antarctic continent in the winter, ~3200 km in ~150 days. It has been tried before and failed both times. Thy will experience temperatures of ~-90C and wind chills of ~-120C. I cannot explain to you what those temperatures are like, but dangerous is the best description. Having experienced actual temperatures of-40C for a number of days and -50C only a few times, -74C with wind chill, I can get some idea and it chills me just thinking of those temperatures.

As it will be dark most of the time, the chance rescue, if needed, will be slim at best.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19609293

 

[Terminator2000]

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who some consider the greatest explorer of our time is leading an expedition walking across the Antarctic continent in the winter, ~3200 km in ~150 days. It has been tried before and failed both times. Thy will experience temperatures of ~-90C and wind chills of ~-120C. I cannot explain to you what those temperatures are like, but dangerous is the best description. Having experienced actual temperatures of-40C for a number of days and -50C only a few times, -74C with wind chill, I can get some idea and it chills me just thinking of those temperatures.

As it will be dark most of the time, the chance rescue, if needed, will be slim at best.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19609293

And hes 68 yrs old, i believe

 

[Rockslinger]

And hes 68 yrs old, i believe

He said that he has done everything else so he is doing this out of boredom. Maybe he wants to get away from his wife for a bit.

 

[blackrock13]

He said that he has done everything else so he is doing this out of boredom. Maybe he wants to get away from his wife for a bit.

I could think of easier places to get away to.

 

[Asterix]

I could think of easier places to get away to.

Hard to explain the fascination with the place that draws people. "Worst Journey in the World" about the failed Scott expedition is an amazing read, as is Shackleton's failed attempt to cross from one end of the continent to the other. He ended up triumphing in his own way. Amundson was the first and best who understood what you needed to get to the South Pole and back. Walking across the continent in the dead of winter is insanity.