South African-born Swiss explorer Mike Horn, who will be 50 in July, left the principality of Monaco aboard his “green” icebreaking 35 metre sailboat Pangaea in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an unmotorized expedition, the Yacht Club de Monaco said in a statement. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Pierre Casiraghi and his wife Beatrice Borromeo met with South African and Swiss explorer Mike Horn before the start of his 270 000km Pole2Pole journey “the greatest exploratory expedition of the 21st century”
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For 25 years, Mike Horn has inspired and educated the world by pushing the limits of human ability through a series of groundbreaking expeditions. He has circumnavigated the globe entirely under human power, followed the Arctic Circle around the globe during the Arctic winter, and swum the length of the Amazon River.
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The 270 000km Pole2Pole journey will include a four-month trek across the Antarctic on skis, pulling a 200kg sled and aided by a kite when the wind is in his favor.
Horn has spent half his life pitting his wits and testing his endurance against the most extreme terrains, including circumnavigating the equator, while aiming to protect the environment and educate the world’s youth along the way.
Once he reaches South Africa, where he was born, Horn will cross the Southern Ocean to Antarctica.
After crossing the Antarctic he will sail up the Pacific eventually reaching the Arctic.
From there, he will travel by ski and kayak to Greenland, before sailing back to Europe.
Along the way the explorer will visit Botswana, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Himalayas, Japan and Russia, among other places.
Horn set off from Monaco on Pangea with scientists, film-makers and writers on board for the first leg.