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Bettina Aller
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COMMERCIAL EXPEDITIONS
OF ADVENTURE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL
Tour
Operator ANI (Adventure Network International) - which
for many years has been handling the logistical side
for most of the professional Antarctic expeditions -
now organises what are known as "commercial" expeditions
every year. In general, these expeditions attempt the
route between
Hercules Inlet and the South Pole, which is a trek of approximately 900 km.
These adventures are called "commercial" expeditions for a variety
of reasons:
first of all, they are not organised by "adventure professionals",
and second,
the people involved have to go through a specialist TO such as ANI -
and hence pay the TO - to be able to obtain the services required to be able
to accomplish feats of this kind.
Unfortunately, these expeditions do not usually have their
own website. This means that we are unable to monitor their
progress in the same way as we would for the professionals.
As a result, we suggest that our visitors take a look at
the Adventure Network International website. |
This southern summer 2002 - 2003, two purely commercial
expeditions
are underway in the Antarctic. |
1/
Ski South Pole: this involves 6 people (Guillermo
Banales and
Angel Navas, two Spaniards, Graham Stonehouse and
Andrew Cooney, two Britons, and Devon McDiamid,
assistant guide provided by ANI), under the leadership
of Matty
McNair, who is the wife of the well-known
Canadian polar guide, Paul Landry.
They are attempting the Hercules Inlet to the South Pole route.
(no website known)
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Second group: this one is made up of 4 people: Andrew
Gerber, a South African, Tom Avery and Patrick Woodhead
(British) under the leadership of the renowned Canadian
guide, Paul
Landry.
They are attempting the same route as the others: Hercules Inlet to the
South Pole (no
website known)
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