Tag Archives: polar explorer

AMBASSADOR STORY

Posted on March 28, 2013 by goalzero

This week, Goal Zero ambassador Eric Larsen shares his adventure exclusively with the GZnation. December 22, 2012, Cycle South Expedition Journal Entry: “I suppose at some point in the future, I will look back on today and smile – the effect of time and distance having fully pared down my memory to a few mildly amusing vignettes, but until then I am rooted in the here and now, staring across one of the most remote and inhospitable places in the entire world with a goal I’m not sure I’ll be able to achieve.” Antarctica. Even on a good day it … Continue reading →

Eight Days ’till Nepal

Posted on August 20, 2010 by goalzero

Our favorite Polar Explorer is at it again. Eric Larsen, Save the Poles, is quickly making some last minute preparations for his Everest ascent. Taking with him some of our GOAL ZERO gear he will be powered all the way along. Here is what Eric has to say… “I suppose the best place to start is the beginning, but neither one of us have that kind of time. Instead, I’ll forgo some of the more mundane details and skip to the past week or so. I’m down to the wire in terms of Everest preparations (and the usual funding gaps … Continue reading →

Eric Larsen's Expedition Arrive at the North Pole!

Posted on April 23, 2010 by goalzero

That the lead we camped next to closed overnight could only be a good omen we thought. But the Arctic Ocean, had other ideas. For starters, we drifted two and a half miles south while we slept. The first shift found us floundering through drifts, pressure ridges and small fractured pans. Later, Darcy asked that I navigate the last few miles to the Pole in honor of my efforts in organizing and leading the expedition. Personally, I would have prefered to ski in the back and take pictures but my hands were frozen so I agreed. For a while, I … Continue reading →