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| 04-01-2006
We keep on going -but where is the wind? |
| 74º 38' South, 97º 38' East. Neither the low temperatures nor the difficult terrain could stop the expeditioners. But now the wind or, better said, the lack of it, is making things more difficult these days.
As Ramón Larramendi told us: “1st...
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| 03-01-2006
Happy New Year from the Antarctic |
| 75º 38’ South, 100º 7’ East. Our three friends Ramón Larramendi, Juanma Viu and Ignacio Oficialdegui had a really especial New Year’s Eve celebration : alone in their tent in the middle of the Antarctic plateau, with lower temperatur...
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| 30-12-2005
Almost 120 kilometers in one day and two days with no wind |
| 76º 10’ South, 99º 48’ East. 28th was a good day with a progress of 119 kilometers . Afterwards, the guys had to take it a little bit easier and have two days rest because of the lack of wind.
The point is, as Larramendi told us, that <...
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| 28-12-2005
191 kilometers in one day |
| 76º 58’ South, 102º 36’ East. The Transantarctic team is going again and heading for the next landmark: the Russian base of Mirny. The first stage after the time in Vostok couldn’t be better: 191 kilometers in twelve hours of navigation
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| 27-12-2005
A cold Christmas Eve in Vostok |
| Were you wondering about how the explorers passed their Christmas Eve? Ramón Larramendi explained it as follows:
“Vostok is one of the strangest places in the world: ten people live buried under the snow in the middle of the Antarctic
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| 22-12-2005
Arrival at the Russian base of Vostok |
| 78º 28’ South, 106º 49’ East. Yesterday at 12:00 GMT Ramón Larramendi, Juanma Viu and Ignacio Oficialdegui arrived to the Russian base Vostok after 15 hours of navigation across the Inaccessibility Zone.
The journey passed without more i...
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| 20-12-2005
Fast as a rocket |
| 79º 36’ North 102º 18’ East. “We go as fast as a rocket”, is the first thing Ramón Larramendi said when he contacted us to do the report of the last journey. The team had another great day and they could make a good 181 kilometers run in 12 hour...
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| 19-12-2005
213 kilometers in one day |
| 82º 52’ South, 96º 17’ East. Another great day for the expedition team! After beating the record of distance in the Antarctic continent, the explorers continue progressing at an excellent rhythm across the ice plateau.
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| 17-12-2005
New world record of Antarctic distance (updated) |
| 82º 18’ 57’’ South, 87º 43’ 30’’ East. 311 kilometers in one day! The Spaniards Ramón Larramendi, Juanma Viu and Ignacio Oficialdegui yesterday beat the last record of Antarctic distance run within 24 hours, set in 1997 by Belgian Alain Hube...
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| 16-12-2005
A meter and a half sastrugis |
| 83º 35’ 52’’ South, 67º 18’ 14’’ East. Yesterday the explorers could make 32 kilometers across a really irregular Antarctic plateau. As Ramón Larramendi said “we passed one of the worst zones of the expedition, with sastr...
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