Børge Ousland is referred to as one of the greatest adventurers of our time. He has gone alone to the South Pole, the North Pole and crossed Antarctica from coast to coast. Now he gets the prestigious Founder’s Medal of the Geographic Company of the United Kingdom. The award is a recognition of his unique contribution to Polar exploration, the reason states. – This is the biggest honor I could get. A prize that was created in 1832 by the British royal house and approved by King Charles personally is an incredibly great honor, says Ousland to news. Ousland is currently on an expedition on Ellesmerøya, north of Canada. The expedition is part of the Icelegacy project, where, along with Vincent Colliard, he crosses the 20 largest glaciers in the world. Read the full reason here: Børge Ousland is awarded the founder of 2025 as a recognition for his unique contribution to polar exploration. Over the course of four decades, Børge has explored, documented and shared his experiences in the Arctic and Antarctic, while consistently pushing the boundaries of human endurance. In addition to individual accomplishments, such as crossing Antarctica without support in just 64 days, his observations and documentation have been invaluable to the scientific community and public understanding of global environmental issues. Only several times in 1994 did Ousland become the first to go alone to the North Pole without help or supplies. He started from the Cape Arctic north of Siberia and arrived at the North Pole after 52 days. Planted the flag: Børge Ousland depicted when he became the first to go alone to the North Pole without help or supplies. Photo: NTB / NTB The following year he tried to cross Antarctica from coast to coast, but had to end the expedition due to a frostbite. Since he had passed the south pole point, he was still the first to have gone alone and without supplies to the South Pole. At the end of 1996, he tried again, and managed to cross Antarctica alone and without a 64 -day residential supplies. Home again: Son Max decorated the skis that Ousland joined the South Pole in 1997. He spent 82 days on the trip. – I am proud and humbled that what I have been doing for almost 40 years is valued in this way by the Royal Geographic Society, an organization with such long history and which meant so much, says Ousland. A few years ago, he received a lot of media attention, and some criticism when he and Mike Horn tried to cross the entire Arctic Ocean from Alaska to Svalbard in the middle of the mid -winter. In good company Ousland, the price shows that demanding expeditions and breaking boundaries in the polar areas are still relevant. – I have been an eyewitness, a messenger and experienced on the body the changes in all the incredibly vulnerable and important geographical polar areas, says Ousland. Former winners of the award are famous names such as Sir David Attenborough and polar explorer Monica Kristensen Solås. At the South Pole for the sixth time: Polarer Børge Ousland has led many expeditions to the South Pole in connection with the Amundsen anniversary. Ousland brought with him a group of participants who have gone the last latitude, a distance of 110 kilometers. Photo: Eivind Molde / news Published 12.05.2025, at. 00.01
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