Diary

28-29 April, 2025

Day 475, the End of the Road. After 475 days on the move, our journey — across oceans, continents, and polar ice — has come to an end.

Today isn’t just another day. It’s a marker of what we’ve achieved: 92,500 kilometers traveled by land and sea, across five continents, through 42 countries. What started as a bold idea became a lived reality — with tire tracks and wake lines stretching from the Geographic North Pole to the South Pole.

We’ve driven through extremes: from -50°C Arctic ice to sweltering deserts. We’ve faced crevasses, customs checkpoints, breakdowns, storms, and the simple wear of the road. And through it all, we kept moving forward.

On Day 476 of the Expedition, we arrived at the Explorers Club in New York City — the very place where we held our kick-off event on January 9th, 2024. Following tradition, we were presented with the club’s flag, which we pledged to carry with us along our entire route and, as custom dictates, to return to the Club at the end of our journey.

During our visit, we met with a club member, provided a brief update on our expedition, and honored the tradition by returning the flag. We also presented the expedition at the Classic Car Club Manhattan.

There’s no dramatic final push — just a quiet satisfaction in knowing we made it. The mission is complete, but the impact is just beginning.

Tomorrow, the vehicles will rest. But the stories, data, and lessons we’ve gathered will keep travelling — to classrooms, labs, archives, and maybe even into someone else’s dream of going farther.

It’s the end of the road. And the start of something new.
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