British adventurer Maria Leijerstam achieves world first by cycling to South Pole

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14. Given the bike she did it on, it is possible

The 4.7 inch WIDE tires gave her a lot of flotation, she opt for a recumbent and thus could use her leg muscles to their full extent. Her bike is a tricycle, thus stable. She went in the Middle of the Antarctic Summer is another factor. Her route avoided mountains (Recumbent are More efficient on flat lands and going down hill, but inferior to up right bikes if going uphill). She trained for two years to do this.

All together, not only possible, I wonder why it has not been done before. The answer to that is the American and Spaniard are taking another route on what sounds like two wheel bicycles (and an another woman will try next year, but it is unclear what she will be riding, it is called a Bicycle, but then then mentions "All wheel drive". All Wheel Drive is possible on bicycles as well as tricycles, but tend to be complex, when it is NOT needed (i.e. if you have no traction with your rear wheel, get off the bike and walk it).


http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25470585
http://www.explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?url=cycle-south-pole-update_1379934641

http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/2012/04/south-pole-bike-revisted.html