A paralyzed man from the western U.S. state of Nevada has become the first adaptive athlete in history to reach the South Pole. Grant Kogan completed his trip to the Antarctic South Pole on the 100th anniversary of Robert Falcon Scott’s trek there with the Terra Nova Expedition. The British explorer completed his journey on […]
Sick US Woman Evacuated from South Pole
Posted October 17th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A sick American woman working at a South Pole research facility has been evacuated to New Zealand after suffering what doctors believe was a stroke. Renee-Nicole Douceur, who worked as a research manager at the National Science Foundation’s facility in Antarctica, arrived in Christchurch early Monday. She requested the emergency evacuation in August after becoming […]
