- Who
- Geoff Wilson
- What
- 5179 kilometre(s)
- Where
- Antarctica ()
- When
The longest unsupported unmotorized polar journey is 5,179 kilometres (3,218 miles), covered on a 58-day Antarctic expedition performed by Geoff Wilson (Australia), who snowkited from Thor's Hammer to Novolazarevskaya Station, between 9 November 2019 and 7 January 2020. His journey went via the Point of Inaccessibility - the farthest point from any of the continent's coasts and Dome Argus - the highest point on the Antarctic Plateau, at 4,093 m (13,428 ft) above sea level (also making him the first person to summit this feature unsupported).
The previous record for the longest polar journey was a 57-day, 5,100-km (3,169-mi) expedition in Antarctica by Mike Horn in 2017.
The tracker distance for Wilson's expedition was 5,306 km (3,297 mi).
Wilson originally intended to go via the South Pole too, which would have extended the distance to around 5,800 km (3,600 mi), however he decided to curtail his journey after a fuel leak left him concerned about not having enough fuel (for cooking etc) to last him the entire trip.
This record has been verified by the Polar Expeditions Classification Scheme (PECS). In PECS terminology, the path Wilson took is classed as a "Loop".
