ActiveOutdoorsCould this expedition to the South Pole be the most extreme way to disconnect?Need to unplug from your modern life? Head to the Antarctic and wind down in the most outlandish way possibleWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
ActiveOutdoorsCould this expedition to the South Pole be the most extreme way to disconnect?Need to unplug from your modern life? Head to the Antarctic and wind down in the most outlandish way possibleWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Need to unplug from your modern life? Head to the Antarctic and wind down in the most outlandish way possible
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(Image credit: Shackleton/Martin Hewitt)
(Image credit: Shackleton/Martin Hewitt)
I visited the newly-opened Shackleton store a couple of weeks ago at 18 Russell St in London, which isn’t far from Sir Ernest Shackleton’s original polar expedition headquarters at 4 Burlington Street. The first thing that caught my eye was a massive display of what looked like skiing gear glued to the wall. The exhibit included all your polar explorer essentials, such as a rather sizeable winter coat, boots and hats. However, one item seemed out of place: a toothbrush cut in half.
Upon questioning why someone thought it was a good idea to include this toothbrush in the arrangement, I was told this kit belonged to renowned polar adventurer Louis Rudd, who also happens to be the Director of Expeditions at Shackleton and the person guiding fellow adventurers to the extremes through Shackleton Challenges, a new series of expedition experiences.
(Image credit: Shackleton)
(Image credit: Shackleton)
(Image credit: Shackleton/Martin Hewitt)
(Image credit: Shackleton/Martin Hewitt)
And there will be plenty of those during the expedition to the South Pole, which takes 12 days and makes participants haul a 30kg pulk across the high polar plateau while “experiencing all the beauty and brutality [of the Arctic]”, the website explains. You don’t have to go to any of the Shackleton Challenges unprepared, though, especially the most difficult one.
(Image credit: Shackleton)
(Image credit: Shackleton)
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Shackleton Challenges range from Level 1 to Level 5, with the South Pole Last Degree Challenge being ‘only’ a Level 4 challenge. Currently, there is no Level 5 challenge, but when asked, Ian Holdcroft suggested that the ultimate Level 5 challenge would be to take people to the Shackleton crater on theactualmoon. “Now, that would be quite the experience”, he said with a chuckle, “but we have plenty of other ideas that will take Shackleton Challenges participants to the extreme.”
For more info about the challenges, visitShackletontoday.
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