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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Sat Jan 18, 2014, 04:53 PM Jan 2014

Lewis Clarke: Teenager arrives at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

A 16-year-old boy from Bristol has set a new record by becoming the youngest person ever to trek to the South Pole.

Lewis Clarke spent 48 days at temperatures as low as -50C (-58F) and winds of up to 120 mph (193 kmh).

He arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station at 18:00 GMT after completing the gruelling 702-mile journey from the Antarctic coast.

He will now be submitting evidence to Guinness World Records so that his claim can be officially verified.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-25794003

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Lewis Clarke: Teenager arrives at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station (Original Post) dipsydoodle Jan 2014 OP

Lewis Clarke? Priceless, if you know American history. malthaussen Jan 2014 #1

With a name like Lewis Clarke he would almost have to do something like that. legcramp Jan 2014 #2

malthaussen

(17,190 posts)

1. Lewis Clarke? Priceless, if you know American history.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Sat Jan 18, 2014, 05:05 PM

Jan 2014

Lewis and Clark were great explorers of the West in the early days of the US.

-- Mal

legcramp

(288 posts)

2. With a name like Lewis Clarke he would almost have to do something like that.