Acciona SA : The ACCIONA Windpowered Antarctica expedition has reached the Geographic South Pole
January 02, 2012 at 07:32 am
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The team of scientists and explorers led by Ramón
Larramendi has reached 90 degrees south latitude and 0
degrees longitude aboard a sled powered 100% by wind.
The expedition has covered 3500 km aboard a catamaran
driven solely by large kites measuring up to eighty square
meters. This means that for the first time in 100 years,
since the Amundsen and Scott odyssey, the Geographic South
Pole has been reached aboard a vehicle powered exclusively
by clean energy.
The members of the expedition-who began their journey on
December 7-have encountered very adverse weather
conditions. The difficulties, however, have not prevented
them from making it to the Geographic South Pole by the
target date, which has demonstrated the efficiency of
wind-powered travel on the frozen continent.
The expedition, which was made possible thanks to support
from ACCIONA, the Spanish multinational, has also aimed at
collecting scientific samples that will provide new data on
climate change and ice cap melting.
The team of scientists and explorers was led by Ramon
Larramendi, one of the most renowned world experts on the
Arctic. The team consisted of ACCIONA's own Ignacio
Oficialdegui, in charge of logistics and navigation, Juan
Pablo Albar, reputed CSIC staff scientist and Javier Selva,
in charge of communications.
The crossing of the ACCIONA Windpowered Antarctica team is
the first of several expeditions and technical innovations
planned by this team until 2014. The ultimate aim is to
implement the scientific concept and optimization of the
sled as a mobile polar base.
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