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About the Educapoles website

ExploraPoles is one of the websites of the International Polar Foundation.

It provides an overview of polar expeditions and explorers. We hope that, through adventure, one can discover these fabulous regions and their importance for our planet's climate system.

Three other complementary websites focusing on various aspects of the IPF activities are available: IPF website, SciencePoles and EducaPoles.

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Recent Expeditions

  • The last degree

    The last degree

    Antarctic - scheduled

    2 Dec. 2008 - 25 Dec. 2008

    The IceAxeTV company gives a number of people the opportunity to practise their polar skills out ...

  • IceCold in Antarctica

    IceCold in Antarctica

    Antarctic - scheduled

    15 Nov. 2008 - 20 Jan. 2009

    Here's another adventurous expedition for the tour operator ANI (Adventure Network International). ...

  • Hercules Inlet - South Pole

    Base to the South Pole

    Antarctic - scheduled

    15 Nov. 2008 - 20 Jan. 2009

    Led by their 24-year-old guide, Sarah McNair-Landry, four tourists are attempting what has become ...

  • The Finns to SP

    Finnish South Pole Expedition 2008

    Antarctic - scheduled

    15 Nov. 2008 - 20 Jan. 2009

    The two Finnish adventurers, Kari Poppis Suomela and Pasi Ikonen, are attempting the classic trek ...

  • Hercules-SP go and back

    SoloAntarctica

    - scheduled

    15 Nov. 2008 - 20 Jan. 2009

    A career soldier in Her Majesty's army, Mark Langridge is attempting the trek between Hercules Inlet ...




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