Last year I had posted several articles about the North Pole solo expedition of Ben Saunders. Although his trip ended early b/c of an unstable ice shelf he is now atempting to cross the South pole. From his website www.south.com:
SOUTH is the four-month trek, the first ever South Pole round trip on foot. We will have no outside assistance, no air resupplies and will ski every mile under our own motive power.
The first return journey to the South Pole on foot
The longest unsupported polar journey of all time
The first recreation of Scott’s 1911-12 expedition
He is funding the expedition not by soliciting sponsors or companies. He is requesting funds from the general public. You can buy a “Mile” of the expedition for $100. A novel idea. You can see the mile by mile breakdown here. Look for my name on mile 1800 soon.