The Antarctic Ice Marathon was established by Richard Donovan and Polar Running Adventures to enable marathon runners to complete a marathon on all seven continents. It also enables athletes to complete the marathon grand slam – a marathon on all seven continents and the North Pole.
Runnings of the Antarctic Ice Marathon and race have taken place at 80° south just a few hundred miles from the South Pole at the foot of the Ellsworth Mountains. Participants are flown from Punta Arenas, Chile to the race location in the interior of the Antarctic and experience sub-zero temperatures and 24 hours of daylight while there.
Results Year Men's Half Marathon WinnerWomen's Half Marathon WinnerMen's Marathon Winner Women's Marathon Winner Men's 100k Winner Women's 100k Winner January 2006No runnersNo runners Evgeniy Gorkov Wendy MacKinnon Richard Donovan No runners December 2006 Henri Alain d'Andria Noelle Sheridan Richard Donovan 2007 Marc de Keyser No finishers Christian Schiester Susan Holliday 2008 Miles Cudmore Kirsi Montonen Marc de Keyser Pushpa Chandra 2009 Jason Wolfe Richelle Turner Richard DonovanNo runners 2010 Bernardo Fonseca Clare Apps Bernardo Fonseca Clare Apps 2011 Chad Bruce Clément Thévenet Yvonne Brown Clément Thévenet No runners 2012 Grant Nethercott Andrew Murray Demelza Farr Marc de Keyser Julianne Young 2013 Rob Taylor Kazue Tajima Petr Vabroušek Fiona Oakes Petr Vabroušek Audrey McIntosh 2014 Huaqian Li Winnie Lo Marc De Keyser Frédérique Laurent Chen Penbin Adriana Istrate 2015 Ben Comesky Clare Ainsworth Paul Webb Silvana Camelio Keith WhyteNo runners 2016 Adam Unger Alex Sinclair Gary Thornton Joanna Mędraś Griff Griffith Angela Chong 2017 Riet Van De Velde Jenny Bouwsema Frank Johansen Kelly McLay Kurt Alderweireldt Jennifer Cheung 2018 Ben Comesky Monica Dauenhauer Piotr Suchenia Roma Puišienė Not held 2019No runners Nanna Petersen William Hafferty Lenka Fryčová 2021 Robert Vrabel Lucy Dowland Grzegorz Bogunia Evija Reine2022 Max Balkhausen Silvana Camelio Seán Tobin Becca Pizzi2023 Jose Ignacia Melanie Vallet Michael Higgins Stephanie Estridge2024 Mauricio Cabezas Vallejos Victoria Grahn Andrea Bonanomi Liesl Muehlhauser Yusheng Ni2025 Fernando Castillo Gillian Evans Denis Nazarov Catherine Drysdale
Other Events
2007
80 South Half-Marathon Winner – Mahe Bertrand Wheelchair Marathon Winner – Tan William
2008
White Continent Half-Marathon Winner – Frank Staples
2011
100 Mile Polar Centenary Run – Richard Donovan
2014
Antarctic 10 km Winner – Phillipe Laurent
2018
Women's 10 km Winner – Annie Young Men's 5 km Winner – Hua Xie
2019
Women's 10 km Winner – Nancy Driscoll Roy Svenningsen becomes the oldest man to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon at 84 years old. 2025
Catherine Drysdale was the outright winner of the marathon, leading both men's and women's fields Antarctic backwards mile - Frederic Aubry Domitilia Dos Santos became the oldest woman to complete the Antarctic Ice Marathon at 70 years old, with a time of 7:43:14.
See also Antarctica Marathon The Last Desert North Pole Marathon
References
External links Antarctic Ice Marathon website North Pole Marathon website Final Preparations For Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k Pictures of the North Pole Marathon from Rob Plijnaar, competitor in 2009