Arved Fuchs
Arved Fuchs | |
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Born | Bad Bramstedt, West Germany | 26 April 1953
Occupation(s) | Polar explorer, writer |
Awards |
Arved Fuchs (born 26 April 1953) is a German polar explorer and writer.
Polar exploration
On 30 December 1989, Fuchs and Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South Pole with neither animal nor motorised help, using skis and a parasail. That made him the first person to reach both poles by foot within one year.
Many of his expeditions have taken place on the water, such as his failed attempt to sail around the North Pole on a traditional sailing boat (1991–1994). This boat, Dagmar Aaen, is still used by Fuchs on his current expeditions.
In 2000, Fuchs led an expedition to recreate Ernest Shackleton's desperate sea journey in the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia, and the subsequent land crossing of that island.[1]
Recognition
In October 2017, Fuchs was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his merits to the protection of the environment.[2]
Publications
- In Shackleton's wake. Translated by Sokolinsky, M. Dobbs Ferry: Sheridan House. 2001. ISBN 9781574091380.
References
- ^ Navigator, Ocean (1 January 2003). "Shackleton boat/land voyage recreated - Ocean Navigator". Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Karin Beier trägt jetzt das Bundesverdienstkreuz". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). DPA. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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