Chilean South Pole Expedition [SEP] continent
Chilean South Pole Expedition
The Chilean South Pole Expedition (2004–2005) was a Chilean expedition to Antarctica organized by the Chilean Navy, Centro de Estudios Científicos and INACh. The expedition travelled to Antarctica from Chile in a chartered Ilyushin Il-76 and two Hercules C-130 owned by the Chilean Air Force.
to South Pole began in October 2004 – a century after a historic expedition led by William Speirs Bruce, Edinburgh's "unknown" explorer, who Craig Mathieson views as "truly the greatest polar explorer of all time".
- 2004 – Together to the Pole – a Polish four-man expedition led by Marek Kamiński, with Jan Mela (a teenage double amputee, who in the same year reached also the North Pole)
- 2004–2005 – Chilean South Pole Expedition.
- 2004–2005 – Tangra 2004/05 created Camp