He did it. Vincent Colliard managed to reach the South Pole in 22 days, 6 hours and eight minutes, beating the previous record by two days. Tenacious and extremely resilient, the strong Frenchman covered the 1100 km, alone and without assistance, pulling his sleds 50 km a day. A real feat.
If you find the European weather chilly, take a look at his GPS tracker, planted at the South Pole. Temperature minus 30 degrees Celsius. Feel? Minus forty. If perseverance pays off, then Vincent Colliard is a fine example. Based in Norway and endorsed by Borge Ousland, the greatest modern polar explorer, the Frenchman has a wealth of experience, including when it comes to failure. In 2023, after two years of preparation, he had to give up trying to reach the North Pole because of the closure of the Russian Arctic base from which he had set off. It