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01.03.2006
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The Longest March
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Rune Gjeldnes - the first person to ski un-supported across both the poles! Across the Arctic Ocean, from Severnaya Zemlya in Russia via the North Pole to Cape Discovery in Canada in the year 2000 and now across the Antarctic continent from Queen Mauds Land via the South Pole to Victoria Land.In addition Rune skied across Greenland lengthways from Cap Farewell to Cap Morris Jessup in 1996. With that, Rune has completed the gruelling explorers Grand Slam - skiing un-supported across the three largest ice caps in the world! Across Greenland in 1996, 2895 kilometres in 86 days. Across Arctic Ocean in 2000, 2100 kilometres in 109 days. Across Antarctica in 2005-2006, 4804 kilometres in 90 days.
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28.02.2006
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Rune has left Antarctica
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Rune has been waiting for three weeks in Terra Nova for his girlfriend Aina to arrive. She left New Zeeland two weeks ago on a cruise ship from Heritage Expeditions. The destination was the Ross Sea in Antarctica, where Terra Nova is located. The reunion was indescribable. Aina met Rune on the only sand beach in Antarctica with a bottle of Champagne, celebrating the success and their reunion. I can imagine that a few tears slipped away as they saw each other for the first time in almost four months. Rune was picked up last Friday at about 11.30, and is now safely onboard the cruise ship with Aina on their way back to New Zeeland. During the cruise back to New Zeeland, the ship will make a few stops on the Antarctic shore. They will visit the old Scott cabin at Hells Gate before they set the course north. The arrival in New Zeeland is estimated to about two weeks from now, and they are expected to land in Oslo Norway the 14th of March.
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