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Arved Fuchs

Arved Fuchs
Arved Fuchs in Brunswick.JPG
Fuchs in 2006
Born26 April 1953
Bad Bramstedt, West Germany
OccupationPolar explorer, writer
Awards
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2017)

Arved Fuchs (born 26 April 1953) is a German polar explorer and writer.

Polar exploration

On 30 December 1989, Fuchs and Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South Pole with neither animal nor motorised help, using skis and a parasail. That made him the first person to reach both poles by foot within one year.

Many of his expeditions have taken place on water, such as his failed attempt to sail around North Pole on a traditional sailing boat (1991–1994). This boat, Dagmar Aaen, is still used by Fuchs on his current expeditions.

Recognition

In October 2017, Fuchs was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his merits to the protection of the environment.[1]

Publications

  • In Shackleton's wake. Translated by Sokolinsky, M. Dobbs Ferry: Sheridan House. 2001. ISBN 9781574091380.

References

  1. ^ "Karin Beier trägt jetzt das Bundesverdienstkreuz". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). DPA. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

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