The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

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Antarctica (90 degrees south latitude)

Patriot base

Camping in the dormitory

Kotetsu heading to Patriot Base

Ilyushin cockpit

Ilyushin Il-76 type cargo-customer mixed loading machine (Made in Russia)

Magellan statue of Punta Arenas

Flight to Navarino Island

Cruising (Russian ship, 2000 tons)

Author at King George Island

Arrive at King George Island for cruising

Gentoo Penguin on Adelaide Island

The end is Punta Arenas.
Flight from Chile to Patriot Base in Antarctica (800m above sea level).
The Antarctic point (90 degrees south latitude) where you may be able to depart depending on the weather.
There is a risk that you will not know when you will be able to return.
Camping on ice for the first time sleeping in a sleeping bag.

In 2002, I thought of visiting the Islands of the earth,
and traveled 800,000 km from the North Pole to the South Pole.
The 70th Island has started as the dream world becomes a reality.
I am grateful that the world is peaceful and I can easily travel around the world.
I'm 70 years old, and my wife (Kotetsu) has passed the 60th birthday, and the 62-year-old trip to Antarctica may be too adventurous, but not suitable for curiosity.

I went to Naparino Island, the southernmost Island of Chile, because it was a good chance.
TV show "The Great Journey of Mankind's 50,000 Kilometers" I saw in Alaska the starting point where the adventurer "Yoshiharu Sekino" took 10 years.
I wanted to see what kind of place it was with my feet,
and although there was nothing for sightseeing, I wanted to stand in that place and feel it with my own body.

A tour to and from the local area that is different from the trip to the Arctic.
There is no information about who will participate.
However, my dream is to meet animals living in Antarctica with the harsh nature.
Colonies of penguins and seabird seals walking on the snow, visits to Antarctic bases in each country.
Just thinking about it makes me excited and ponders the unknown Islands.

An expedition to the Antarctic Islands suitable for the finale of the Earth's Island tour.
The ultimate trip to this land after 7 years.
I am full of gratitude that Kotetsu (my wife) also followed me well.
The world's most rugged Drake Passage "Antarctic cruise trip" in a Cessna.

Antarctica Cruise Prologue

The moment you reach the South Pole at an altitude of 2900m.
35-day document of Journey Tetsujin, the world's most expensive trip left to nature.
Much more expensive than a luxury liner around the world.
It's still a little too early for "Souvenirs of the Meadows" A once-in-a-lifetime luxury trip is a reward for me for 70 years and cheap for me.

prologue