Adventurer Yasunaga Ogita reaches South Pole on solo trek
Hokkaido-based adventurer Yasunaga Ogita reached the South Pole Friday on a solo trek after walking 1,126 km without backup supplies or the use of motorized assistance, becoming the first Japanese to achieve a feat of this kind. On Saturday morning, supporters and staff were gathered ...
Adventurer Yasunaga Ogita begins solo trek to South Pole without resupplies
A veteran Japanese explorer starts a solo quest to get to the South Pole without resupplying.
Veteran Japanese adventurer plans unassisted solo trek to South Pole
A 40-year-old Japanese adventurer will embark on an unassisted solo trek in mid-November journeying approximately 1,130 km across Antarctica to the South Pole. If successful, Yasunaga Ogita will become the first Japanese to accomplish such a feat. He plans to pull a 100-kg sleigh loaded ...
South Pole rescue flight of two sick U.S. workers arrives in Chile
antiago A small plane with two sick U.S. workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station, officials said. After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the ...
Small plane braves dark, cold to reach U.S. South Pole base on medevac mission
After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station, federal officials said. The plane arrived at the South Pole after a daring 1,500-mile, nine-hour trip from a ...
