In 1979, adventurers
Ranulph FiennesSir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE , better known as Ranulph Fiennes, is a British adventurer and holder of several endurance records....
and
Charles R. BurtonCharles Robert Burton was an British explorer. He took part in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole.Charlie Burton was born in Cape Town, South Africa...
set out to make the first circumpolar navigation, traveling the world "vertically" traversing both of the poles. Starting from
GreenwichGreenwich is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.The town became the site of a Royal palace, the...
in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, they went south, arriving at the
South PoleThe 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 the 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...
on December 17, 1980. Over the next 14 months, they went north again, reaching the
North PoleThe North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's surface...
on April 11, 1982. Traveling south once more, they arrived again in Greenwich on August 29, 1982.
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In 1979, adventurers
Ranulph FiennesSir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet, OBE , better known as Ranulph Fiennes, is a British adventurer and holder of several endurance records....
and
Charles R. BurtonCharles Robert Burton was an British explorer. He took part in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole.Charlie Burton was born in Cape Town, South Africa...
set out to make the first circumpolar navigation, traveling the world "vertically" traversing both of the poles. Starting from
GreenwichGreenwich is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.The town became the site of a Royal palace, the...
in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
, they went south, arriving at the
South PoleThe 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 the 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...
on December 17, 1980. Over the next 14 months, they went north again, reaching the
North PoleThe North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's surface...
on April 11, 1982. Traveling south once more, they arrived again in Greenwich on August 29, 1982.
Oliver ShepardOliver Shepard is a British explorer. He participated in the Transglobe Expedition, the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole....
took part in the Antarctic leg of the expedition.
See:
http://www.transglobe-expedition.org