Yvon Chouinard once said WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG—THAT’S WHEN ADVENTURE STARTS. If that’s true, then my 5-week expedition to Antarctica was the adventure of a lifetime. Not only did things go wrong, it seemed that nearly anything that could go wrong, did. And while I’m... Continue reading
During the winter of 2019/2020, I embarked on an ambitious 30-day expedition to the interior of Antarctica. The goal was not only to complete the last of the Seven Summits, but also to research female physiological responses to prolonged polar expeditionary travel. From the start,... Continue reading
During the Austral summer in the southern hemisphere—the opposite of our summer months—the sun comes up and doesn’t set again for months. It’s 24 hours of daylight, and not even a dusk-like daylight, we’re talking broad daylight. When I arrived at Union Glacier around 1... Continue reading