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No One Has Ever Crossed Antarctica Unsupported. Two Men Are Trying Right Now.
nytimes ^ | 11/11/2018 | Adam Skolnick

Posted on 11/21/2018 3:52:26 PM PST by bitt

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — A weather window opened on Halloween morning, the typical stiff winds and polar fog relenting, and the flight to Antarctica was cleared for takeoff.

For nearly a week, Colin O’Brady, a 33-year-old American adventure athlete, and British Army Captain Louis Rudd, 49, had been waiting in Punta Arenas, Chile, on the Strait of Magellan, near the shattered end of the South American continent.

In separate buildings blocks away from one another, they had been immersed in similar tasks: weighing and re-bagging their freeze-dried provisions and sorting through polar-grade gear.

Their stashes included sleeping bags good for conditions up to minus 40 Fahrenheit, portable solar panels, cross-country skis, hand-held satellite phones and modems, and a GPS tracker programmed with way points to lead them step by frozen step across the highest, driest and by far the coldest continent on earth.

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1 posted on 11/21/2018 3:52:26 PM PST by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

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2 posted on 11/21/2018 3:52:43 PM PST by bitt ("Let justice be done though the heavens fall".)
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It’s summer now in Antarctica. 24 hours of daylight. Its now or never.


3 posted on 11/21/2018 3:54:48 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory O f A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: bitt

Too bad to see these poor souls leaving before their time is up... But there are more gruesome ways of committing suicide and they’ve gotten their 15 minutes of fame before checking out.


4 posted on 11/21/2018 4:07:32 PM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: bitt

The problem will be getting through the mountains in the interior, they have defeated everyone. The weather is viscous in those mountains EVEN FOR AN AIR SUPPORTED RUN.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_Antarctica#/media/File:Antarctica2.jpg


5 posted on 11/21/2018 4:08:55 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: goldstategop

It’s spring. Summer starts in December.


6 posted on 11/21/2018 4:17:32 PM PST by KyCats
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To: bitt

Not such a big deal anymore because of global warming. It’s kind of nice down there now this time of year.


7 posted on 11/21/2018 4:18:57 PM PST by BusterDog
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To: jerod

When these narcissistic idiots finally get into a life and death situation from which there is no escape, do not spend a single dollar to pull their sorry asses out.

I’m tired of this crap.


8 posted on 11/21/2018 4:33:13 PM PST by Walrus (Homosexuality is WRONG. End of case.)
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To: goldstategop

You couldn’t get me to do a stunt like this. Raising children and paying bills is scary enough.


9 posted on 11/21/2018 4:34:23 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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They are going to fall off the edge of the Earth.


10 posted on 11/21/2018 4:51:39 PM PST by escapefromboston (manny ortez: mvp)
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To: Walrus

Maybe this will be the new Everest, with freeze-dried cadavers strewn about.....


11 posted on 11/21/2018 4:52:29 PM PST by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: KyCats

I spent a day at the Pole one year.

It takes the sun two weeks to set and two weeks to rise.

In June, I wrote “Sunrise” on half of my sunset slides. I realized they all looked the same.

I hesitate to take any pictures of a setting sun - no matter how glorious it is.


12 posted on 11/21/2018 5:12:14 PM PST by Ken Regis
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To: bitt

Bookmark


13 posted on 11/21/2018 5:13:36 PM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: bitt

https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881


14 posted on 11/21/2018 5:25:12 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: bitt

No one will ever “cross” it.

Don Quixote comes to mind.


15 posted on 11/21/2018 5:25:29 PM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Walrus

If it were me, I’d make sure I knew my limitations enough to quit when I knew I was beat well in advance of dire situation and have a contingency in place for a safe exit.


16 posted on 11/21/2018 5:25:57 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: bitt
Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised." [Apsley Cherry-Garrard]
17 posted on 11/21/2018 5:29:01 PM PST by Eagles6
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"Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success." [From an advertisement, almost certainly apocryphal, preceding Shackleton's Nimrod expedition
18 posted on 11/21/2018 5:30:50 PM PST by Eagles6
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"Scott for scientific method, Amundsen for speed and efficiency but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton." [Attributed to Raymond Priestly
19 posted on 11/21/2018 5:32:00 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: bitt

Two words:

Ernest. Shackleton.


20 posted on 11/21/2018 5:37:30 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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