Polar Explorer Eric Larsen: XJournal

The First Step... again

sunny and 50 degrees F — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:10:05 -0600

I got on the bike for the first time yesterday in over three months. It was painful. And really slow... It begins now, dear reader, my slow and steady climb back into a fitness. Again.
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Second to the South Pole

sunny and 25 degrees F — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:55:04 -0600

Exactly 100 years ago today, Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott wrote, 'The Pole. Yes, but under very different circumstances from those expected. We have had a horrible day‹add to our disappointment a head wind 4 to 5, with a temperature -22°, and companions labouring on with cold feet and hands.'
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Ice Planes

overcast and 25 degrees F — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:40:04 -0600

Boarding my LAN airlines flight in Punta Arenas, Chile two days ago, I was hit with one stark realization: I wasn't in Antarctica anymore. Now, it wasn't the warm air, flowers, warm temperatures, shower, bed, clean clothes, cold beer, table or knife and fork that caused this sensation; rather it was the plane itself - the comfortable seats, carpeted isle, in flight entertainment and uniformed flight attendants.
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