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Expedition Earth 7 continents - 3 years - 350,000km

On the 8th of April 2018, my partner Topher and I began a 3-year overland expedition from the northern most drivable point in the America’s, Deadhorse, Alaska. It was -30C inside the car where we had spent the last 3 nights sleeping in our survival suits and sleeping bags. Our friends and families back home knew very little about our big plan, so we launched our Instagram page, announcing ‘Expedition Earth’ and our journey around the world. It was when we turned the cars ignition to begin our 7 continent adventure that we realized our battery had frozen along with our water, food and cooking gas. It was not the start we had imagined.

6 months earlier, Topher and I were on our second date, picnicking out the back of his car in -5C somewhere near the foot hills of Mt Cook. It was during that day that we bonded over our mutual love for exploration travel. We talked about a road that never ended and a car that could take us anywhere. That night, we shook hands in Topher’s kitchen and

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