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Get a head start on planning your summer adventure in Iceland by taking advantage of our selected multi-day tour special offers. Until January 10th, 2017 you will be able to save up to 35.000 ISK (appr. 300 USD or 295 Euros).
If you book before January 10th, you will also be in the draw of an Icelandic Mountain Guides day tour from Reykjavik. For every 20 bookings we will draw one winner, which gives you a good chance of winning.
The prize/day tour cannot be exchanged for cash and has to be used with 3 years from January 10th 2017. The winner will be contacted directly and announced on mountainguides.is at the latest on January 20th 2017.
We reserve the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in any event outside of our control.
Tour type: A polar expedition
Adult: 72.500 $ISK GBP USD DKR EUR
What's included: Expert Guide, transport, food and lodging expenses i Punta Arenas, Expedition food and equipment and transport of 25kg/55lbs of personal equipment to Union Glacier
Departures: 10.11.2016 - 10.01.2017
Accommodation: Tents and Hotel/Hostel in Punta Arenas
Meeting point: Punta Arenas in Chile
Group size: Maximum of 8 members and 2 guides
Skiing per day: 8-10 hours
Note: This expedition is now sold out! For future South Pole Expeditions, please contact us.
Highlights of the Tour
One of the world's ultimate adventure
An ocean of memories that live on forever
This is for sure one of the world´s ultimate adventure and for those only who are ready to commit them selves to the strenuous polar life and conditions. Participants need to be in good physical and mental shape. This expedition is challenging and participants will have to work hard to reach their aim. But after accomplishing a journey like this there will be an ocean of memories left that live on forever.
Walking/Skiing per day: 8-10 hours
Total distance: 1130 km (702 miles)
Altitude: 2.835 m (9301 ft)
Included:  Expert guides, transport to and from Union Glacier, transport within Antarctica where applicable, food and lodging ex Punta Arenas (twin share) expedition food and equipment, transport of 25kg/55lbs of personal equipment to Union Glacier.
Not included:  Air travel to and from Punta Arenas, Chile, personal clothing and equipment, hotel, meals and personal expenses in Punta Arenas, personal insurance, excess baggage transportation charges and personal use of satellite phone.
Please contact us via incoming@mountainguides.is
The group meets up in Punta Arenas in Chile. After final arrangements and making sure we have all the gear we need, we fly out to Union Glacier, an ice runway on the Antarctic continent.
At Union Glacier, final preparations take place and after that the group is taken from Union Glacier to the edge of the Antarctic Continent by Twin Otter aircraft especially adapted for flying in the extremely cold conditions of Antarctica.
This is where the adventure really begins. The plane departs and we are left to the silence of Antarctic and the huge task of walking the 1130 km (702 miles) to the South Pole, a journey that will take us about two months.
The first few days will be spent hauling smaller loads in our sleds as the first destination along the route is to retrace our flight path back to Union Glacier. Being en route to the Pole, Union Glacier provides an ideal stopping place to re-supply and sort out any problems with equipment which may arise.
We continue from Union Glacier and we will carry provisions on our sleds to last us until we arrive at our pre- placed supply cache in the Thiele Mountains approximately 30 days into the journey. Navigation will be accomplished using GPS navigation equipment that will not only ensure an accurate route to the pole but also enable us to locate the position of the cache accurately.
The terrain between Union Glacier and the South Pole consists of mostly flat travel yet we are climbing eventually to around 9301 feet (2835 m), the height of the pole itself. For the most part the snow will be smooth and flat interspersed with extensive wind affected sastrugi snowfields. We pass several mountain ranges along the way and navigate through only one major crevasse field for which we have a proven GPS plan. The terrain eventually climbs gradually onto the polar plateau for the final leg through to the South Pole itself.
On arrival at the pole and the ensuing photo-fest, an aircraft will be dispatched to pick us up and return us to Union Glacier for the return flight to Chile.
For availability and more information about this tour please contact us.
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Children0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Infants (0-2)0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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