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Expeditions
Two polar crossings, a solo journey to the South Pole, winter cycling across three continents and 6,000-metre peaks in the Andes — and the next one, Polar Dogs, in November 2027. Each page tells the story in Ben’s own words, with every photo from the expedition; the training that made them possible has a page of its own.
Next expedition · November 2027
Polar Dogs: 2,000 km across Antarctica
Ben Weber and Erica Stanford, Berkner Island to the Ross Ice Shelf via the South Pole — up to 120 days on the ice, unguided. Partners wanted.
Antarctica · November 2022 – January 2023
Solo to the South Pole
700 miles from Hercules Inlet to the Geographic South Pole in 57 days, 10 hours and 22 minutes — whiteouts, sastrugi fields and a brutal 18-hour final day, told in 58 daily journal entries.
Greenland · April – May 2022
The Greenland Crossing
560 km east to west across the ice sheet with the Hvitserk team — 80 kg sleds, temperatures down to −40 °C.
Canada · December 2014 – April 2015
The Cross Canada Expedition
South to north in winter: cycling from the US border through Manitoba, then skiing with 100 kg sleds to Baker Lake.
South America · October – November 2014
The Daylong Challenge
3,600 km by bicycle from São Paulo to Santiago in 40 days, over the Andes into Chile.
Baffin Island · March – April 2014
The Auyuittuq Traverse
Qikiqtarjuaq to Pangnirtung on skis through Auyuittuq National Park — a first independent polar expedition.
Britain · January – February 2013
The Winter LEJOG
1,500 km from Land’s End to John o’ Groats by bicycle — in winter.
Bolivia · May – June 2012
The Bolivian Andes
Huayna Potosí and Pequeño Alpamayo summited; Illimani, the one to go back for — the first major expedition.
Training · Baffin Island 2014 · the Cairngorms 2020 · Norway 2022
Polar training
Three weeks with the McNair family on the sea ice at Iqaluit, a week alone in the Cairngorms with a heavy rucksack, a month on the Hardangervidda in storms and whiteouts — how the skills for Greenland and the Pole were learned.
The photo archive
Every expedition in pictures
More than 650 photos, grouped by expedition and captioned — from the Bolivian Andes to the South Pole.