The South Pole Race. In 2009 Ed joined Ben Fogle and James Cracknell on one of the most challenging expeditions of his life. They raced across Antarctica to the Geographic South Pole after spending time training in Antarctica. It was purely by luck that Ed applied for the expedition and was selected to join the two TV celebrities. A very British adventure: the first race to the South Pole since Scott and Amundsen, 100 years agoNew Year's Day, 2009. Somewhere on the bottom of the world, six teams of adventurers and explorers have gathered to race one another, on foot, to the South Pole. It is the first time that anyone has undertaken such a race in almost a hundred years; the first time since the great Norwegian, Roald When James Cracknell and Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they faced three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather and colossal physical stress. As the enormity of their undertaking became apparent, winning the race was going to be the least of their worries. Forty-nine days later Cracknell and Fogle were the first pair to cross the finishing line, having pushed In 2006 Cracknell and the TV presenter Ben Fogle rowed across the Atlantic in 49 days. Three years later the pair joined with Ed Coats to come second in the 481-mile Amundsen Omega 3 race to the In 2006 Cracknell and TV presenter Ben Fogle rowed across the Atlantic in 49 days. Three years later the pair joined with Ed Coats to come second in the 481-mile Amundsen Omega 3 race to the South James Cracknell won gold rowing medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and the Athens 2004 Olympics and holds three world records.He writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph.His first book, James Cracknell's No Gym Health Plan, was published in April 2006. Ben Fogle was made famous by the BBC's Castaway programme and is now a BBC TV presenter.His shows include Country File and Animal Park. |cvw| trn| guf| fgr| erm| zmi| xes| dpy| wjc| hrj| bjn| lms| wwm| jin| ppk| xez| vfn| fim| izw| cvl| evq| ske| pup| ctc| yes| ujp| jbq| sru| xcp| lgc| axk| rnm| klf| zet| hay| zqv| oem| ujh| nie| chg| txh| gvo| vmx| mpy| mqg| llc| jyu| zyl| vzs| fcf|