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The Antarctica 2000 expedition was a Singaporean expedition to Antarctica

Imbluey2/Antarctica 2000 expedition

Country	Singapore
Start	Singapore 1999-2000
Goal	To plant the Singapore Flag on Mount Vinson and the South Pole by New Years
Crew	9

Organisation

Background

In July 1998, the idea for an expedition to Antarctica was initiated three members of a Mount Everest climbing team (Khoo Swee Chiow, Robert Goh, and Mok Ying Jang), who returned to Singapore a month before. They planned to form two teams: one would scale Mount Vinson (the highest peak on Antarctica) and the other would attempt to trek to the South Pole by foot.

Mount Vinson, the tallest peak in Antarctica

Both of the team's goals were to plant the Singapore flag at both locations on 1 January 2000 as part of Singapore's millenium celebrations.

Then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested including women in the expedition. Two women were added to the Vinson team, resulting in two six-member preliminary teams.

Preparation

Both teams went through extensive training programmes in order to prepare for the harsh conditions of the Antarctic, b. To prepare for the anticipated temperatures of −60 °C (−76 °F) and wind speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph), the Antarctica 2000 team stayed in cold rooms at −20 °C (−4 °F) in their expedition gear. Since they were expected to burn many calories when trekking, all members had to put on weight by eating, with the South Pole team particularly having to gain more weight as they had to haul heavy sleights

Each member of the South Pole team was expected to haul a 100 kilograms (220 lb) sleight

The South Pole

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