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[WATCH VIDEO: Cold Journey Team - Not Going Anywhere] Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online An ambitious expedition to become the first human to walk across Antarctica during the winter has ended for one brave adventurer. Sixty-eight-year-old Sir Ranulph “Ran” Fiennes, the “World’s Greatest Living Explorer,” as dubbed by Guinness World Records, has bowed out of his bid to walk more than 2,000 miles across the frozen wasteland due to injury. The BBC...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Ranulph “Ran” Fiennes, dubbed by Guinness as “the world’s greatest living explorer,” set sail today for the Antarctic, leading a team of adventurers who want to be the first to cross the vast continent during winter. Fiennes has described the expedition as a trip into the unknown with no chance of rescue if the trek goes awry. Fiennes and crew left Cape Town, South Africa early Monday, cheered off by spectators and a...

NEWTON, Australia, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Codan Radio Communications, a division of Codan Limited (ASX: CDA), announced that its high-frequency radios have been selected for transmissions during the first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic continent during the polar winter. Led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, 'the world's greatest living explorer,' (Guinness World Records), the expedition will begin in March 2013. Throughout the time on the traverse, the expedition team on the ice and...

LONDON, September 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran polar explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, will take on one of the last remaining polar challenges by attempting to cross Antarctica in winter - the coldest journey on Earth - with five colleagues and with the support of the Commonwealth and a number of sponsors. On 6 December 2012, on board the expedition's South African ice-strengthened research ship, 'SA Agulhas', the expedition team - led by Sir Ranulph - will leave...