An unsupported sledging and ski trip from the Ronne Ice Shelf near the Ellsworth Mountains to the South Pole, ca. 1300 km, with use of GPS and maps. He provides one of the best synopses of expedition reading, at a time when books and reading are being replaced in Antarctica by videos, albeit with a small group of titles.
Alone to the South Pole.
Kagge, Erling. Oslo: Cappelens Forlag, 1993.
- 1992-93 Norwegian Solo Expedition to South Pole.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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Philosophy for Polar Explorers: What They Don’t Teach You in School.
Kagge, Erling. London: Pushkin Press, 2006.
- Arctic Reading: General
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Rather light stuff with message that nothing is impossible, as it might seem to someone who reached North Pole unsupported, walked to the South Pole, sailed the Atlantic solo, and climbed Everest.