AUDIO-Sebastian Copeland and Eric McNair-Landry's Historical Reach of Antarctica's South Pole

"...And then I thought of us, here, today. And how, in the history of Antarctica exploration, the route we had covered from the POI to the South Pole was about to be open for the very first time. We were now staring at the success of that mission. A destination gives an expedition is sense of purpose; it is its DNA. And no destination holds more mystic than both Poles. For us, that purpose was about to be realized." - Sebastian Copeland Jan 8, 2012

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• Sebastian Copeland
• Eric McNair-Landry
• Antarctica
• South Pole

[xSebastianCopelandx]

@hoticeaurora

My apology for the misleading recorded statement, called in from the ice. To clarify, the Norwegian-US Scientific traverse was indeed the first to bridge the POI-SP route. As it turns out, they did it with motorized tractors, and over two seasons. Theirs was the first ever traverse of that route, however. Ours was the first to open the route without motorized transport, and without support or outside assistance. Thank you for helping clarify this important detail.

[hoticeaurora]

The claim that Sebastian Copeland and Eric McNair opened the route from the South Pole of Inaccessibility to the South Pole for the first time is INCORRECT. The route was first opened in 2007-08 by the Norwegian-US Scientific Traverse of East Antarctica. Furthermore, the region between Pole of Inaccessibility and South Pole has been explored by US and International scientists since the early 1960s.

This post is not intended to undermine Copeland and McNair's impressive sporting achievement.