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Shackleton Centenary ExpeditionPosted: 20/03/2008
Following intensive ice training in Norway, Baffin Island, Greenland, Scotland & Austria, with fitness programme assistance from the OMI (Olympic Medical Institute, London) the team will follow the same route to Pole as Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition of 1908-9.
They will fly from Punto Arenas, Chile; having refuelled at Patriot Hills base, and will be dropped on Ross Island, at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
As befits a modern expedition, the trip will be entirely carbon neutral, with all CO2 emmissions offset.
Multimat are pleased to announce that the team have selected our Unsupported Expedition Sleep System for this challange, which comprises of the original foam Summit XL mat and Summit 25/38 self inflating mattress.
Everyone at Multimat offers the team its best wishes for a safe and successful trip.
For more details on the expedition visit www.shackletoncentenary.org/index.php
