Rune Malterud
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Rune Malterud is a Norwegian polar explorer and physiotherapist
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He won the race to the South Pole
as a member of "Team Missing Link", in 2008/2009. This was the first race to the South Pole since Scott
and Amundsen’s
historic race nearly 100 years ago. They completed the race (770 km) in 17 days and 11 hours.
Physical therapy
Physical therapy , often abbreviated PT, is a health care profession. Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment/intervention,and rehabilitation...
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He won the race to the South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
as a member of "Team Missing Link", in 2008/2009. This was the first race to the South Pole since Scott
Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...
and Amundsen’s
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
historic race nearly 100 years ago. They completed the race (770 km) in 17 days and 11 hours.