INTERCHANGE
SHACLETON SOUTH POLE
EXPEDITION 2007/08

The Team

	Doug Stoup For over a decade, adventurer Doug Stoup has been leading expeditions to some of the most remote regions on the planet -- documenting his adventures 'live' on ICE AXE TV...
	Richard Dunwoody MBE Richard Dunwoody MBE is one of Britain 's most successful jockeys. He dominated English National Hunt racing in the 80's and the 90s, winning the Big Three races - Grand National, The Champion Hurdle and Cheltenham Gold Cup.
	James Fox James Fox is a chartered surveyor (which is a real estate developer) living in London , England with an avid interest in exploration, sports and particularly adventure sports. He is also a semi-professional photographer (Antarctic photography), member of the British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP)

The Route

The team departed from Cape Town , South Africa on 29 November 2007 for what is expected to be a 60-day expedition on the ice skiing unsupported all the way to the South Pole. This route has never previously been attempted before and was the historic route that Shackleton intended on taking on his epic voyage to the continent on his 1915 Endurance expedition.

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SEASON 2007 / 2008

To ski fully unassisted from the TRUE Antarctic coast at Halley Bay to the Geographic South Pole, exploring the first unsupported 1000 mile route in Antarctic history. The key to this expedition is the purity - no wind-powered kites, no motors, no skidoos, no re-supplies - nothing but the four of us. We will set out head-first into the elements in a struggle to survive in a wilderness that has inspired awe and terror into people for centuries.

four men
minus 40 degrees
1000 miles
70 mph 'katabatic' winds four mile-deep cravasses
330lb sleds
huge sastrugi ice ridges
total desolation -
5.5 million square miles  

and NO OUTSIDE SUPPORT OF ANY KIND...

...these are the raw ingredients for the Journey South 2007. In October of 2007, we will head south to the hostile, windswept ice-cap of Antarctica to undertake one of the world's great epic journeys.

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SEASON 2006 / 2007

	Team N2i – Novo to Inaccessibility Antartic Expedition

Team N2i are heading off to Cape Town on the 23rd November with arrival in the Antarctic scheduled for 28th Nov.

The team consisting of Rory "Glascow Kiss" McSweet, Rupert "Baby Chick" Lonsdon, Henry "Fat Man" Cookson and Paul "The Jedi" Landry aim to man haul and kite ski 1100miles to the center of the Antarctic continent - The Pole of Inaccessibility (POI).

They aim to complete the trip in 52 days with one re-supply when they reach the polar plateau and final extraction when they reach POI. They aim to depart from the continent via the scientific research ship "Akademik Fedorov" from a Russian base called Molodezhnaya.

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	Chasing a dream to the South Pole – Rob Conway Expedition

Robert Conway , 28 from Wimbledon, London, has been involved in expeditions for the last 10 years. He is a student doctor at St George's Hospital in South West London and has contributed to a number of books on travel, expeditions and wilderness-based medicine. He is currently running an expedition to the South Pole called Extreme South, which should make him the first person with diabetes to trek there unaided.

Toby Williams , 22 from North Yorkshire, the youngest member of the team and an army officer, is an endurance athlete of note who recently competed in the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon and has ridden the route of the Tour de France. Toby will be the youngest British person to the south pole.

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