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I'm embarking on Antarctica's longest solo expedition, and I'm going to need 7,600 calories a day to fuel me through the 1,240-mile journey in -50oC weather
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September 30, 2023
Sam Cox, 34, of Devon, will begin a journey of more than 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) in November in an attempt to complete the longest solo unsupported Antarctic crossing. Sam will ski in temperatures as cold as -50°C along a route 310 miles (500 km) longer than anything else tried, completely alone and with no equipment beyond what he can carry himself. Sam will travel via the Ross ice shelf from Berkner Island to the South Pole and then to the continent's far coast at Reedy glacier. Sam will reach the record books alongside Antarctic exploration legends Ernest Shackleton, Douglas Mawson, and Lou Rudd, but there is no room for error.