Author: Evan Nicole Brown / Source: Atlas Obscura
On December 12, 2018, a four-person team departed from Russia’s Novolazárevskaya Base in Antarctica in the hope of reaching the frozen continent’s interior … by wind. That’s right: Ignacio Oficialdegui, Manuel Olivera, Hilo Moreno, and Ramón Larramendi, from Spain, traveled for 52 days by what is called a “WindSled” to the Fuji Dome—12,500 feet of ice, and one of the coldest places on Earth.
Recently, they finally returned to their starting point.The team, officially known as Asociación Polar Trineo de Viento, conquered 1,577 miles, LiveScience reports, at temperatures as low as -43.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Their WindSled, a modular vehicle equipped with solar panels and built-in tents was powered by a 1,600-square-foot kite. Though large and strong, the kite was battered by the groundbreaking journey, but not fatally, and the team of four returned in more or less perfect condition.
In a statement from the European Space Agency…
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