Antarctic Crossings/Return unsupported and unassiste

John Wilton-Davis – solo and return – 2260 km
British John Wilton-Davis will attempt to ski from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole and back in 77 days. John will start off with a sled that weighs 180 kg and place depots along the way.
www.lastgreatchallenge.com

Antarctic crossings/returns - sail assisted, unsupported

German Armin Wirth will start from NOVO base and ski to the South Pole with kite support and may go beyond the Pole.
www.iceolutions.com

ALE/Northwinds - return - 2260 km

Sarah McNair will lead an ALE/Northwinds expedition from Hercules to the Pole and kite back without resupplies. Among the three clients is cancer survivor Tom Davenport.

South Pole Unsupported Unassisted

Two British Doctors, Rob Conway, 30, an insulin dependent diabetic and Toby Williams, 24, are going for the pole "and beyond."
www.extremesouth.org

Todd Carmichael – solo – 1130 km

American Todd Carmichael is back to attempt a speed record from Hercules Inlet to the Pole.
www.ToddCarmichael.com

British South Pole Expedition 2008 – 1130 km

British ultra-marathon runners Gavin Booth (32) and Adam Wilton (30) will ski from Hercules Inlet to the Pole.
www.britishsouthpole.com

Richard Weber – 1130 km

North Pole veteran Canadian Richard Weber and his team will ski from Hercules Inlet to the Pole.
www.canadianarcticholidays.ca

Finland to the South Pole 1 - 1130 km

Teemu Lakkasuo aims to ski from Hercules Inlet to the Pole, solo.
www.southpole.fi

Finland to the South Pole 2 - 1130 km

Poppis Suomela and Pasi Ikonen plan to ski from Hercules Inlet to the Pole. If successful, Poppis will be the first Finn to reach both poles unsupported.
www.thepole.fi

Other Antarctic Expeditions

Tommy Eriksson – Antarctic Peninsula – Vinson

Swedish Tommy Eriksson is currently sailing to Antarctica on a small, home built "icebreaker." He plans to anchor at the shore, ski-sled across the broken ice, climb Mount Vinson, ski back to his boat and sail home.
www.syib.se

Moon-Regan Trans Antarctic -wheels

The Moon-Regan Trans Antarctic Expedition will cross the continent supported by a Lotus built Concept Ice Vehicle (CIV) and two six-wheel drive Ford E250 vans to educate the world about climate change.
www.transantarcticexpedition.com

Cristian Donoso - 885 km - kayak

In December 2008, Rolex Awards Laureate Chilean lawyer Cristian Donoso, 31, and friends will travel aboard the Antarctic Dream Cruise Ship to the Antarctic Peninsula to make a 550 miles self-supported kayak journey visiting the Palmer Archipelago and the Danco Coast to explore climate change.
www.incognitopatagonia.com

Michele Pontrandolfo - Patagonian icecap - 460 km

Italian explorer, Michele Pontrandolfo, is attempting a solo crossing of the Southern Patagonian Icecap. He left Italy on 21 August and estimates that his 460 km route will take two months.
www.artiko.it

Partial trips - 150-750 km - last degrees and Cape Town

Duncan Chessell's Vinson traverse

Duncan Chessell is doing a traverse of Mt Vinson and an attempt to climb Shinn and Tyree. Jamie McGuinness is one of the team members - out of Nepal for the first time in years!
www.dcxp.com

Amundsen Omega SP race

Leaving from Cape Town, the Amundsen Omega SP race led by Patrick Woodhead will ski the last 420 nm to the Pole, and so will Brain Douds.
www.amundsenomega3southpolerace.com

Ice Axe Expedition

Doug Stoup will lead an Ice Axe expedition the last 100 miles from 88.26 to the GSP with 5 Canadians, using ALE for logistics. Doug will also guide two last degree teams (11 Brits and 2 French) to the North Pole in April.
www.iceaxe.tv

North Pole 2009

Eric Larsen - three poles

American Eric Larsen will try to reach the three poles within just one year in 2009. This feat has never been completed in one year. To date, only 15 people (no Americans) in history have been to all three ‘poles’.
www.ericlarsenexplore.com

John Huston and Tyler Fish - North Pole

In March of 2009, John Huston and Tyler Fish will attempt to become the first Americans to ski unsupported to the North Pole.
www.forwardexpeditions.com

Linda Beilharz, Rob Rigato and Kerryn Wratt - North Pole

Australians Linda Beilharz, Rob Rigato and Kerryn Wratt will ski from Ward Hunt Island (Canada) to the North Pole early 2009.
www.icecapjourneys.com.au

Arctic Survey Expedition

Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Harley will ski from Point Barrow to NP. 8-9 resupplies planned.
www.catlinarcticsurvey.com

Other Arctic expeditions

Lonnie Dupre - 2600 km - dogsled high Arctic

In February 17, 2009 Lonnie Dupre and a team of Arctic explorers and Inuit companions will begin a 1,600-mile dog sled journey through the polar reaches of the high Arctic in the footsteps of Robert E. Peary and other explorers of his time.
www.pearycentennial.com

Stefan Wackerhagen and Polly Evans - 1600 km - dogsled Canadian Arctic

In February 2009 Stefan Wackerhagen and Polly Evans are planning a nearly 1000 miles (Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea to Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory) dog sledding expedition in the Canadian Arctic in the footsteps of a fatal routine police patrol of four Mounties nearly a hundred years ago.
www.lostpatrol100.com