A kiwi has conquered the 2000km pole expedition. Photo / Supplied.
Michael Archer has joined an elite group of explorers after his trek to the South Pole. A New Zealand man is among a few people in history to make a round trip to the South Pole on foot.
Aucklander Michael Archer, a builder, has successfully completed an expedition to the
Pole with a world-renowned leader in polar expeditions, Richard Weber.
The men were among a group of five explorers who set off on the epic trek last November. They began skiing from a spot about 900km from the Pole, the Ronne Ice Shelf.
Within about a week, two of the group were evacuated - one with a broken wrist and the other because of illness.
After a month, the three others arrived at the Pole. The third explorer then opted to fly back to the starting point.
