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Venezuelan team finishes 1st
100 km of journey to South Pole
A group of Venezuelan explorers
has traveled more than 100 km in
the first six days of their
planned 1,200 km journey to the
South Pole, the local media
reported on Friday.
The explorers set out on Nov. 21
and reached the 100 km point
after covering more than 16 km
on Thursday in temperatures
between minus 15 and minus 20
degrees Celsius.
The group has twice halted its
hike for more than 24 hours due
to fierce windstorms that ran in
the opposite direction to the
journey and poor visibility on
the frozen terrain of the
southern continent.
With more than 12 years of
experience, the Venezuelan team
is made up of Marco Cayuso,
Carlos Castillo, Marcus Tobia,
Martin Etchevarria and Carlos
Calderas.
They will face temperatures
below minus 50 degrees Celsius
as the strong winds that cross
the gigantic desert-like
continent mostly blow in the
opposite direction to their
travel.
The team is initially estimated
to reach their goal at 90
degrees latitude of the South
Pole between Jan. 15 and Jan. 25
next year.
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