Ben’s previous expeditions
Ben’s South Pole expedition, 2022–23
November 2022 – January 2023
Ben Weber’s solo journey covering 1,200km from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole.
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Ben’s Greenland crossing, 2022
2022
Ben has skied across Greenland — one of the training expeditions for his solo journey to the South Pole.
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Ben’s Canada crossing, 2014–2015
Winter 2014–2015
In the winter of 2014–15, Ben and his then wife, Natalia, embarked on an epic 2,000km cycle and ski journey across Canada from south to north in the middle of winter, from the US border south of Winnipeg up to the north of the Hudson Bay.
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Ben’s Auyuittuq expedition, 2014
March – April 2014
In 2014, after his first polar training in Iqaluit, Ben and his then wife, Natalia put their training into practice with their own mini-expedition, a two-week/300km ski journey through the Auyuittuq National Park in Canada, a spectacular wilderness area of the country dominated by tremendous peaks…
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Ben and Erica’s crevasse rescue training, Chamonix
May 2026
In May 2026, Ben and Erica spent three days with ALE’s crevasse expert Simon Abrahams.
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Ben and Erica’s Hardangervidda training expedition
April 2026
In April 2026 we did our first training expedition together: eight days hauling pulks across the Hardangervidda plateau and north of Finse, through cloud, whiteouts, a blizzard and a hailstorm (and one perfect day of sun!).
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Erica’s polar survival training course with Hannah McKeand, Finse
February 2026
In February 2026, Erica spent two weeks in Norway on polar survival and expedition training with ALE’s Guinness World Record-holding polar guide Hannah McKeand, ending in a seven-day training expedition.
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Erica’s ski training, Halti National Park, Arctic Finland
December 2025 – January 2026
Six days of hut-to-hut backcountry skiing in the Polar Night in Halti National Park, Arctic Finland, pulling sleds — and learning to cross-country ski more or less from scratch.
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Erica’s winter mountain skills training, Cairngorms, Scotland
March 2023
In March 2023, Erica undertook a five-day winter mountain skills course in the Cairngorms, Scotland, with Cairngorm Adventure Guides.
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