The Australian TransAntarctic Expedition is the culmination of the 5 year Icebird project of Ben Deacon, Pat Spiers and Dave Goldie.
They have invented a fresh, groundbreaking approach to sustainable and viable long-distance travel on snow and ice by successfully harnessing traction kites to load-carrying sleds.
Antarctica is the world’s windiest continent. Its coastline is lashed by near permanent circumpolar cyclonic systems, while a permanent high pressure system over the continent itself feeds the reliable katabatic winds that flow from the three continental domes all the way to the coast.
Five years ago it was a Katabatic wind-map like this one that inspired the expedition team to sail across Antarctica
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walle had een 2 sterren sessie in Surfers Paradise-Knokke met maar liefst 14 - 18 knots op zijn Best Waroo (2009)
johndoe had een 5 sterren sessie in Kijkduin met maar liefst 16 - 21 knots op zijn Best Bularoo (2010)