North Pole Speed Record
Ben Saunders is going to try and set a new world speed record from Ward Hunt Island to the Geographic North Pole.
Ben Saunders is a record-breaking long-distance skier, with three North Pole expeditions under his belt. He is the youngest to ski solo to the North Pole and holds the record for the longest solo Arctic journey by a Briton. Since 2001, Ben has skied more than 2,500km (1,500 miles) in the high Arctic, which he recently worked out equates to two percent of his entire life living in a tent.
The current record was set in 2005 by a guided team using dog sleds and numerous re-supplies in a time of 36 days 22 hours. Ben’s expedition will be solo and unsupported and on foot.
Read all about his adventure here. He is keeping a journal as he travels so you can read up to date reports on his blog plus you can leave comments / questions for him.
Watch this TED video about him as he prepares for this expedition.
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:51 am
Hi Room3!
It’s Nadine! The comment made by Krisenthal before was actually me, but something got ruined in the log in username. I was really disappointed!!
I’ve never heard of any record skiier before. WOW!
He actually skiied 2,500 kilometres?
WOW.