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The impossible journey
Crossing Antarctica
The impossible journeyIn November 2024, Akshay dared to try a journey often considered to be impossible. It was, as one explorer put it, “the boldest Antarctic expedition in modern times.” His goal was to complete the world’s first unsupported, solo, 2,750km, coast to coast ski crossing of Antarctica over 115 days. He was the first person in the world to even try this monumental feat. Here is how it went…
Ski crossing of
Greenland
In August 2024, as my final training expedition before the Antarctic crossing, I will ski 350 miles across the world’s 2nd largest icecap in Greenland from east to west during the fall, when the weather is much worse than the spring. This is how Fridtjof Nansen first crossed Greenland in 1888. A such, this trip has tremendous historical significance in the annals of polar exploration. I am very excited to walk in Nansen’s footsteps.
Alaska, Iceland and
Norway
In preparation for the world’s first solo, coast to coast, ski crossing of Antarctica, Akshay spent the entirety of 2024 pushing his limits on training expeditions all over the world. This included 3 months in Alaska, a 20 day solo expedition in Iceland and 7 weeks in Norway training with one of the greatest polar coaches in the world.
The Arctic Circle
As a part of Akshay’s training for a never before accomplished feat of endurance in Antarctica, he spent 29 days on expedition north of The Arctic Circle in temperatures below -37 degrees.
10 days in darkness
As a part of Akshay’s spiritual evolution and as mental training for almost 4 months alone in one of the most hostile environments on the planet, he spent 10 days in complete darkness and isolation. He studied the craft of method acting before going into the darkness, and went in there to create a new identity…
Skiing to the
South Pole
Following in Roald Amundsen’s footsteps skiing up the remote, challenging and highly crevassed Axel Heiberg glacier to the South Pole
Expedition
Greenland
A one month, 350-mile ski crossing of the world’s second largest icecap
Darkness
retreat
Confronting the fear of stillness through 7 days in darkness, silence and isolation
Running accross Liberia
A 167 mile run across post-war Liberia to help build a school, film a documentary and conduct humanitarian work all over the country
