MOON REGAN TRANSANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

Winston Wong | Imperial College London


'We've done it - completed our Transantarctic there-and-back. Some 4,000 kms across this beautiful continent. The team is in incredibly high spirits, immensely proud of what we have achieved'.

17 December 2010, Andrew Moon and Andrew Regan

TRANSANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

The Moon Regan Transantarctic Expedition team have completed the first there-and-back vehicle crossing of the Antarctic continent, led by Andrew Regan and Andrew Moon.

The 10-man team left Union Glacier on 25 November and arrived, via the Geographic South Pole, on the Ross Ice Shelf on 9 December. They then retraced their tracks and completed the return journey on 17 December. In all they covered nearly 4,000 km and travelled for 20 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes.

As the team celebrated the completion of their Expedition, they paid tribute to two partnerships which made the Expedition possible: ‘Our main sponsor, Professor Winston Wong, has believed in our abilities and shared our objectives from the first – we owe him a huge debt of gratitude. A large number of people at Imperial College London have given our Expedition significant support and overwhelming enthusiasm. Our particular thanks go to the Rector, Sir Keith O’Nions, and to Professor Chris Toumazou, who led our science programme. We share this achievement with all our sponsors, family and friends’.


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