Welcome to the ‘Get Fit’ – Antarctica Challenge
During my last expedition to Antarctica, I thought I knew exactly what I needed to do to ‘get fit’ for my adventure. Boy was I wrong! Where did these sore muscles come from, I asked myself. But my aches and pains weren’t just from working in the field - carrying the equipment and safety gear; it was from the weight of our clothing – especially the boots. The ‘bunny boots’ weighed about 3 pounds each. While that may not sound like a lot – by the end of a long day your legs felt every bit of it!
Alex exhausted after a long day at work.
This time I know what to expect and I’m working even harder to get fit for my expedition. Now here’s a twist, the Weddell seal team and I want you to join us in this process.
Are you up for the challenge?
With this challenge the team and I ask you to… Get Fit – your mind, your body – or both - and travel virtually with us to Antarctica.
Now you might be asking yourself… just how far is it to Antarctica?
Well, we’ve calculated the distance between the Pink Palace Museum and the lab at McMurdo Station – it is a whopping 8,764 miles. That’s as the crow flies, if the crow could fly that far. Wow - that’s a long trip!
Memphis to McMurdo = 8,764
The Challenge
Now…here’s the challenge! For every minute you ‘get fit’ through physical exercise or studying about science, you will travel a ‘virtual’ mile toward Antarctica. After every 60 minutes/miles you complete you will reach a new milestone – and you’ll love all the milestones. There will be 147 on your journey and at each ‘virtual’ stop you will discover interesting snippets about health, science, math and/or history.
How to sign up:
Register on the Antarctica Revisited website at antarcticarevisited.com
Start exercising or studying - remember to keep track of how long you spent doing each activity.
Log your time at antarcticarevisited.com
It’s that simple and everyone can do it!
Registration is now available. The journey map will be posted in mid-August 2014.
Check out this video for more details on how to participate in this challenge.
Remember… you can register for this challenge and others at antarcticarevisited.com