WORLD EXPLORER JOHAN ERNST NILSON REACHES THE SOUTH POLE
World Explorer Johan Ernst Nilson has finally reached the South Pole after his year-long expedition from North Pole to South Pole using as little carbon emissions as possible!Despite sustaining multiple injuries throughout his arduous journey, Johan pushed on to achieve his goal of trekking from Pole to Pole. Now that he has arrived in the South Pole, Johan will be flown to Cape Town, South Africa where he will receive medical attention for his broken ribs and frostbitten toes. Although successfully reaching the South Pole, Johan will now have to return to Ecuador in order to keep with his “green efforts”. Where he will complete the final leg of his voyage, which routes him back to Ecuador through Chile and then to Antarctica.
Having completed numerous expeditions, Johan has experienced an array of challenges, but this excursion has definitely been the most testing. However, Johan does not take this as an opportunity for defeat, he believes confronting these incidents with determination helps prove that there is no challenge that cannot be solved. This resolution is what Johan hopes to bring to the attention with regards to social and ecological issues. As Johan continues the final phase of his year-long journey, he will continue to provide updates through his blog and Twitter feed.
About Climate Neutral | Pole2Pole: Honoring the anniversary of American Explorer Robert E. Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, as well as the history-making expedition of Norwegian Explorer Roald Amundsen, who was first to reach the South Pole in 1911, Johan walked 124 miles on the Arctic ice of the North Pole to the Svalbard Archipelago in Greenland. He then navigated across the Arctic Ocean to Vancouver, Canada and cycled through North, Central and South America, passing through major cities in the United States—New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, DC and Austin, TX—into Mexico, El Salvador. Johan then traveled through Central America, passed through South America, the Amazon Jungle, and Patagonia, embarked on a two-month journey through Antarctica on skis and a parafoil and will end his journey by traveling through Chile and the western region of Antarctica. The expected duration of Climate Neutral | Pole2Pole is one year!
Teaming up with such iconic brands as Audi—which recently named him a Brand Ambassador—and ZENITH Watches, Johan is known globally as “The Environmental Explorer,” and has accomplished some 30 excursions across 100 countries. Fans around the world are invited to track Johan’s travels as he blogs and tweets his way across the globe.
To read Johan’s blog, please visit www.pole2pole.net | Follow Johan’s tweets at @ExplorerJEN
ABOUT JOHAN ERNST NILSON: Along with his adventures, Johan seeks to give back to the community with such charitable involvements as being an Ambassador for International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), MinStoraDag and Swedish Postcode Lottery, Honorary Goodwill Ambassador, Nepal, and is a member of The Explorers Club. In between travels, Johan also manages to hold lectures with topics ranging from motivation to eco-friendly awareness, as well as publishing a photobook titled Seven Summits – The Photobook, featuring images from his Seven Summits journey.
Johan’s famed project to-date includes his 2008 Seven Summits journey, in which he reached the summits of the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, including Mount Everest, Mount McKinley, and the Vinson Massif. With his first expedition being a result of a wager in 1994 (biking from Stockholm to Morocco in 52 days), Johan has continuously sought out more ambitious projects. Johan has been featured on globally renowned media outlets such as the BBC, CNN, the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel.
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