Irish adventurers set to reach South Pole tonight!

History will be made at the South Pole tonight as a team of adventurers led by Corkman Pat Falvey is expected to make history this evening as the first Irish expedition to reach the South Pole. The four explorers embarked in November on a 1,100km trek through some of the harshest conditions on the planet. They have braved icy winds, sub-zero temperatures and freezing snowstorms and are finally expected to reach their destination today.

Mr Falvey is a world-renowned explorer who has led 59 expeditions worldwide. He is the only person to have completed the Seven Summits challenge twice.

In December 2008, thanks to Discover the World, you can also follow in the footsteps of Pat Falvey with your very own South Pole Adventure. A new 8 day ‘South Pole Adventure’, featured for the first time in the UK, provides a unique opportunity to fly, as part of small select group, from Punta Arenas across the Drake passage, beyond the Antarctic Peninsula to a base camp at Patriot Hills. From here a specially equipped ski aircraft (a DCH-6 Twin Otter – the perfect transportation for these conditions) will fly you across the plateau to the South Pole visiting the Scott-Amundsen base. Prices from £17,944 per person departing December 2008 and January 2009.

Building on the success of its unique and inspiring holidays to the far corners of the globe, Discover the World, the UK’s award-winning specialist operator of quality, bespoke holidays, showcase this and many other extraordinary adventures in a new collection of Polar Journeys, with departures from June 2008 to March 2009, in a new 70 page brochure. Incorporating the very best itineraries in the highest and lowest latitudes of the planet, the new brochure focuses on adventurous voyages and land based holidays that highlight the stunning landscapes of both the North and South Poles, natural beauty of Greenland and polar bear watching adventures in Canada.