Smile Cape 2 Cape Expedition
Flying a Cessna from Cape Columbia to Cape Horn |
Go to website | David Hemplemann-Adams _ |
| The explorer David Hempleman-.Adams, most known for polar expeditions and mountaineering, lifts off today for a 17 days flying expedition. The goal is to cover the distance between Cape Colombia in northern Canada to Cape Horn in South America in a small 210 Cessna Airplane. The expedition is a few days delayed due to engine trouble, but now the luck seems to have changed. David and his co-pilot arrived at the starting point Cape Columbia yesterday after a flight in from Eureka. |
The Brink Expedition
An expedition covering 50,000 kilometres in 1000 days through some of the most difficult terrain and extreme weather on the planet |
Go to website | Ben Glass _Kendon Glass _ |
| An expedition covering 50,000 kilometres through some of the most difficult terrain and extreme weather on the planet using human power and the natural elements. Starting deep in the heart of Amazonian South America, two Australians will battle unforgiving Patagonian winds, 5000 metre Himalayan passes and the dusty Australian Outback in an attempt to traverse the globe within 1000 days, reaching Sydney Harbour by Australia Day, 2006. |
The Arktos Expedition
The first circumnavigation around the North Pole |
Go to website | Mike Horn _ |
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Human Power Round The World
A canoe and cycle expedition from London to Sydney by human power, no trains, planes, buses or boats. |
Go to website | Andrew McLaughlin _Richard McLaughlin _ |
| The Triumphant Arrival in the Harbour City 22nd Feb 2001 - 17 months exactly since our departure from Greenwich and 519 days and somewhere between twenty seven and twenty eight thousand kilometres later. The expedition has made it around the world. Battling across the channel, whizzing through Europe, across the deserts of the Middle East, up and over the Tibetan Plateau, down through the humid jungles of South East Asia and finally across the mighty expanse of Australia's Outback. |
Latitude Zero
The first circumnavigation of the world along the equator |
Go to website | Mike Horn _ |
| Mike has finally done it. He has arrived on the West Coast of Africa on schedule after completing his 18 month 40 200 km journey around the world. He is in good shape altough very tired. Finishing has been an extemely emotional experience.
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