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As if breaking a man platter by crossing the Gobi desert in the zephyr was n’t enough , adrenaline junkie Pete Ash is now making a run at a world record in a climate just as extreme but considerably colder .
Ash and his 11 - person team will attempt to set the world record for the fast mechanized crossing of Antarctica in November and December using a kite roadster , a light , dirigible vehicle , the Norwich EveningNews24 in the UK reports .
The Ice Vehicle. Half-aircraft, half-sled.
Ash ’s kite - buggying stunt six years ago smash a world record in sear 104 - degree - Fahrenheit ( 40 - degree - Celsius ) high temperature , but his latest adventure will have him facing bone - chill minus 40 - level - Fahrenheit . ( minus-40 degree - Celsius ) temperature at the South Pole ( This is n’t the only extreme upshot involving Antarctica ; a 48 - year - old Australian man is attempting torun from the North to South Pole . )
This expedition is not some quaint trip-up on snow machine . The crew will be move in two giant six - wheeled , tricked - out trucks , which they prepare for the grueling trip . They will also use a revolutionary propeller - drive ski vehicle that is half - aircraft , half - sled . Ash is the work party ’s chief mechanic .
The Moon Regan Trans - Antarctic Expedition , as the mission is know , will expend 40 days on the ice traveling 3,600 mile ( 5,800 kilometer ) from Patriot Hills on the southernmost continent ’s west coast , to the South Pole , north through the Trans - Antarctic Mountain Range toMcMurdo Station , an American - lead enquiry base , and then back again . The despatch is slated to depart from Patriot Hills on Nov. 16 .
The Ice Vehicle. Half-aircraft, half-sled.
The Moon Regan ' Ice Challenger ' expedition of 2005 smash the time taken to drive from Patriot Hills to the South Pole in 69 hours and 30 proceedings .
The racers aim to crush the speed record on a journey complete only twice before and which make months in log pass over fomite . The ski machine is engineer to beat anything the cold , driest , windiest place on Earth can fox at it and will also test how its biofuel - power engine will cope in the extreme conditions .
The two six - wheelers are fob - out withground - fathom radarto hold back the ice for crevasses , but are also peregrine fuel tankers and science lab loaded with scientific equipment , which will monitor the surroundings , vehicle execution , and bodies of crew member , suited up in specialist survival gear wheel , in experiment done in liaison with jaunt partner at Imperial College London .
Ash got affect after being asked to prepare the Antarctic " lab " trucks , then drive one to Sweden for testing which see to it him throw to doctor it on the manner after a breakdown .
" It was then they said ' you have to come in to the South Pole with us ' , " Ash told the Norwich Evening News . He admit facing the trans - Antarctic hostile expedition , where he will take his spell driving the ski fomite too , with a mixture of exhilaration and taking into custody .
" I am thrilled to snatch to be going to somewhere very few people get to go . But we will be force back across what is a like a frozen choppy sea , " Ash aver . The expedition take in its name from expedition Centennial State - leader Andrew Moon , an expert on arctic history and navigation , and businessman , and other Centennial State - leader Andrew Regan . The other team members are scientist communications experts , experienced nose candy drivers and a cameraman .
