Todd Carmichael has become the first American to cross Antarctica to the South Pole alone, on foot and with no assistance. And he did it in record time. Image live over Contact 4.0 courtesy of Todd's website.
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(ThePoles.com) Todd Carmichael has become the first American to cross Antarctica to the South Pole alone, on foot and with no assistance. And he did it in record time. Todd's total travel time was 39 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes. Hannah did it in 39 days, 9 hours and 33 minutes. In a sat phone call to his US BC, Todd clarified his start and finish time as follows:START Nov 12, 2008 10.15 UTC-3END Dec 21, 2008 18.04 UTC-3Starting pointsTodd was carrying an Iridium tracker with built in GPS to verify his positions. Todd's...
