Antarctica

Hello! This is Alexander Abramov from Antarctica. Today 1th January, I congratulate all with New Year! Our team is finally all together. Artem Rostovtsev and his team returned from the South Pole.

And we were supposed to fly to Vinson last night, just before the New Year. But since the team of Artem arrived very late, in the end, we decided to stay, to celebrate The New Year at the Union Glacier. We were supposed to fly to Vinson this morning, but it was foggy there. All things are collected, we play volleyball waiting for departure to Vinson.

Okay, bye! We're good. The team send Hello to everyone!

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Hello, Seven Summits! This is Artem Rostovtsev, from Antarctica, а from the Last degree to the South Pole expedition. At the moment I am exactly at the South pole. Here I go around all the meridians around the obelisk – a ball, which symbolizes the South Pole. We had a hard day yesterday. We covered 24 kilometers to the South Pole. We came tired, spent the night at tent, and the remaining 500 meters quietly went this morning.

We took a lot of photos and now we inform the whole world about our success.

Greetings from Antarctica, from the team "Last degree"! We've probably got another day or half a day and we're going back to Union Glacier. Next, we join our second team, to climb together Mount Vinson…

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from the plane flying to the South:

 We're going to Antarctica!! Bye, everyone! Happy New year! No Internet more !!

It looks like the weather will be good after December 31th. So for a couple of days, we'll be at Union glacier. And then we are promised a week of good weather. We have enough time to climb on Vinson.

Alexander Abramov. Project 7 summits in 7 months. Join the legend!

On the map you can see that Alexander Abramov is already on the base Union Glacier

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Hello, Seven Summits! This is Artem Rostovtsev. From Antarctica, from the white snow desert. We are rapidly approaching the pole. Today there was a good running day. We just stopped, set up camp, had dinner. Weather... well, we are not upset. The slight breeze, mostly sunny, occasionally cloudy. Now, we're planning on getting up early tomorrow and moving on. In a day or two we hope to be at the South pole.

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Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club, a group guide:

Well, all of our team Antarctica number 2 has come together.  This is Sasha, Alla and Rajan. And I'm Alex Abramov. Today Alla Mishina had a birthday. And she invited the team to the restaurant. Everyone's mood is cheerful and sometimes fighting. Tomorrow will be the day of preparation. Checking equipment, buying food. And the team wants to see  penguins. Weather is improving. It became warmer. We hope the flight will be on schedule.

 Hello, Seven Summits! This is Artem Rostovtsev. I'm finally calling from Antarctica. We successfully took off today and successfully landed.  ... it was clear that there was bad weather, a lot of snow. It was necessary to clear anew  the  airstrip - more than half a meter of snow fell out on the driest continent, unexpectedly. We arrived, accommodated, now all go to sleep. In the morning we wake up and try to move on. We have to fly towards the South pole.

I hope that we will succeed. Hello everyone from the snow-white edges of Antarctica!

An on-line map

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Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from Punta Arenas, Chile:

Hurray! The program 7 summits in 7 months started!! Finally, our first group after seven days of waiting for the weather flew to Antarctica.  To ski  the South pole and climb the Vinson Massif.

We had a great Christmas. Today the whole town was resting. All shops are closed. Tomorrow we are buying products for the second group, which has already started to come to Punta Arenas. The next flight is scheduled for December 29. Onward and upward!

 Even I had to kiss the big toe of the Indian's right foot to do it. It is a tradition!

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Chile:

Antarctica is waiting for us. Tonight previous group, that were delayed, departed. We were supposed to fly according to plan this morning, but pilots can't fly without rest. So we waited for the evening, waiting for departure to the airport. We will continue to wait for the flight. It will take place only if there is 12 hours of good weather and here in Punta Arenas and Union Glacier in Antarctica. Chances are usually 50/50, or Yes or no.

Everyone crossed their fingers and clenched their fists.

Artem Rostovtsev, guide of the 7 Summits Club from Chile:

The expedition to Antarctica to the South Pole and  Mount Vinson  spun in full swing. While it is true, Antarctica is not even visible, there is a stage of preparation in Punta Arenas. Purchase of equipment, its check, adjustment, purchase of food. Today, the whole team finally got together. In 2 days we should be ready for departure. We hope that it will not be postponed as the previous teams, which are already 2 days waiting for the weather in Punta Arenas for departure to the Ice Continent.

We, the 7 Summits Club, are saying  good-bye  to our guide Artem Rostovtsev for Antarctica. First he will lead a group to the South Pole on skis, then climb with them on Vinson, and then on bicycles again to get to the South Pole.  The leaders of the race Crimea x Run came to see Artem off!

Lyudmila Korobeshko, Director of the 7 Summits Club: we returned to Cape town from an Antarctic weekend with a lot of impressions.  We visited the land Of Queen Maud and saw the majestic mountain Ulvetanna.  We visited the real polar explorers from the Russian station Novolazarevskaya and steamed in a real sauna in Antarctica.

And most importantly, we said farewell a team of TRANS-Antarctic rally.

Lyudmila Korobeshko: we load and fly to Antarctica in an hour. We accompany our friends to a cool, unprecedented expedition.

Expedition "Antarctica. 200 years of discoveries". The first Autonomous (!) automobile TRANS-Antarctic expedition. It is:

- 7 participants;

- 2 all-terrain vehicles on wheels of his own invention (author-Vasily Yelagin);

- 6000 km - the proposed route includes a visit to 5 polar stations (Novolazarevskaya, Pole of Inaccessibility, South Pole, Vostok, Progress);

- 4 tons of fuel ;

- 1.5 months on the way.

And many, many kilometers of film footage about the expedition.

Participants:

Group of drivers-mechanics:

- Vasily Yelagin;

- Alexey Makarov;

- Vladimir Obikhod.

Movie Crew:

- Valdis Pelsh;.

- Christina Kozlova;. 

- Alexander Kubasov;

- Denis Nehrebecki.

Good luck friends!

The first day we will support their personal presence in Antarctica!

Lyudmila Korobeshko, Director of the 7 Summits Club from South Africa:

All greetings from Cape Town from Abramov and Korobeshko! Today, in the harsh conditions of the scorching sun and the water limit, we made a heroic ascent to the highest point of the South of South Africa - Table Mountain (Tafelberg, 1085 m). This is how we acclimate before tomorrow's flight to Antarctica.

All  Everest summiters and all friends of the 7 Summits Club are once again invited to the Gala evening of the Russian mountaineering Federation on December 1. Gathering of participants from 17: 00, beginning at 18: 00. There, in particular,  it will be awarded  ceremony  of honorary signs "Climber on Everest"  to heroes of the 2018 season.

 And for one of the heroes, Vasily Shakhnovsky, the award has found a few before. In the plane flying to the far South, Alexander Abramov presented this beautiful award to one of our best friends.

 Congratulations!

 Vasily Shakhnovsky went with our leaders to explore the South of Africa and the North of Antarctica.

Alexander Abramov, President of the 7 Summits Club from South Africa:

Hello Friends! We arrived in Cape town in South Africa. From here on December 1 we will fly to Antarctica to Novolazarevskaya station. And then the cars with the team will go to the South Pole and through the Vostok station to the Mirny station. About 6,000 km.

On the way from Europe, our plane landed in Zimbabwe. Right by Victoria falls. We got a lot of fun and adrenaline.

Artem Rostovtsev from South America:

 Our expeditions on Vinson ended for this season.  And carrier pigeon finally delivers pictures from Antarctica.

Below are some of them

Photo gallery from Artem Rostovtsev

Full: 64 photos and one video

Photo gallery from Irina Zisman

Full: 58 photos

Alexander Abramov: Please find here photos of my last group on Vinson. And a video of the first landing of the Falcon at Union Glacier...

Alexander Abramov reports: our valiant guides Artem Rostovtsev and Vladimir Kotlyar just called me. They said they were coming down from the summit of Vinson Massif. Yesterday the whole team reached the summit. And they fold up camp and dream  to be fast in the camp Union Glacier, and there to take a breath. Well done. Antarctic epic of the 7 Summits Club 2017 - 2018 is over!!!!

This is pictures of our second group: 13 Japanese, and 3 guides on Vinson. Climbing and the awarding of medals...