Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions (ALE) website <\/a>offers 12 different options for you. Trips generally last between eight and fourteen days, prices from $16,500. \u00a0The granddaddy expedition (a five hundred-mile cross country skiing to the pole) lasts sixty days and sets you back a measly $61,000.<\/p>\nGood news: any dude with enough cash can go to the bottom of the world. Bad news: that dude still isn\u2019t going to be me anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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