From the inspiring to the tragic, this is GearJunkie’s wrap on exploration and adventure news of the week. Here’s what you missed and a few things to look forward to.
Australian sailor Lisa Blair recently made history by circumnavigating Antarctica in just 92 days. And she did so aboard a brilliantly multicolored vessel she christened “Climate Action Now.”
Her solo effort unseats the previous speed record of 101 days set by Fyodor Konyukhov in 2008. Blair is only the first woman and third person to circumnavigate Earth’s southernmost continent, noted ExplorersWeb.
“I was so happy that I simply stared at land for a while with this stupid grin on my face as it finally hit home that I was going to break this record,” she wrote. “It was actually happening, and it was happening right now.”
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Expedition Canada, an Adventure Racing World Series competition, went down in America’s hat June 3-11. The grueling, multisport event pitted 35 four-person teams against 540 km (336 miles) of rugged, unrelenting British Columbian wilderness. The real getcha? Teams had to duke it out sleepless and without any external support.
In the end, Team Bend Racing captured gold when they crossed the finish line in just 73 hours — 8 hours ahead of the next-fastest group. Check out the final race results here.
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