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As Mark says, it has been done; it was such an occasion that I can't remember who, when, where exactly, or how, but, most of all, I have no idea why.
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Benka Pulko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In the process she also became the first motorcyclist to reach Antarctica..."
Why? Because it's there....and she could. Same reason many of us seek weird
venues, despite the not always benign consequences.
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When in Ushuaia, you can get serious discounts on the tourist-run to Antarctica, and depending on ship and willingness of the captain he might let you bring the bike... Probably no way of making sure other than getting there and asking nicely.
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Ed march whom I met last summer in İstanbul is just doing it but to north pole on a C-90.
after the big trip from Bangkok to London by the same c-90.
https://www.facebook.com/edwin.march?ref=ts&fref=ts
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Oh well, been there, done that rules OK, as well as L/Cs
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Benka Pulko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In the process she also became the first motorcyclist to reach Antarctica..."
Why? Because it's there....and she could. Same reason many of us seek weird
venues, despite the not always benign consequences.
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Hmmmmmmm, yep, she got her 15 minutes of fame 15 minutes of fame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
now you mention it.
If IIRC the publicity of that event, it consisted of lowering a bike off the side of a boat, riding it a few 100 metres along an Antarctic shingle beach and then re-loading the bike onto the boat; someone else may have a better/more detailed memory of this particular 15 minute event.
Not quite in the same league as the originator of the expression "because it's there".
Also, it might be more accurate to say that she was the first to ride a bike there; there is every possibility that many others who have set foot in Antarctica happened to hold a motorcycle licence; personally, I am so glad that the Guinness folks have stopped doing all that nonsense with regard to motorcycles (it all became a tad dangerous of course).
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Bringing back to life an old thread to ask...
Has anyone actually succeeded in getting a bike into Antarctica in the last decade or so?
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The last person I heard who had done it was Benka Pulko, many moons ago.
I asked when I was in Ushuaia in Jan/Feb 2016 about taking my bike to Antarctica on a cruise ship but was told because of the fragile ecosystem there it wasn't possible. Even as a walking tourist you get given footwear by the ship to wear and it gets cleaned/disinfected prior to setting foot on the beach/rocks/ice.
I also spoke to a sailboat captain who did tours there who said he would take a bike, strapped to the mast. I wouldn't want my bike on the deck of a sailboat across the Drake Passage and back just for the sake of a photo.
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I also spoke to a sailboat captain who did tours there who said he would take a bike, strapped to the mast..
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Looks like someone took up that offer and strapped her bike to the mast!
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Just did a little Googling:
As far as I can see the first person to ride a m/c on Antarctica was a Japanese chap in 1991/92. Shinji Kazama's motorcycle trip A trip also a great deal more substantial than 50 yards up and down a beach before loading it back onto the ship IMHO.
From my conversations in early 2016 with a reputable ship's captain and a tour company representative in Ushuaia, it is highly illegal for normal individuals to take any foreign matter (especially motor vehicles covered in oil, grease, foreign dirt) to Antarctica.
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One careful lady owner. Never been off road. Never been submerged in salt water in a howling gale for a fortnight.... 
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When I sell a bike I always put "one careful lady owner" in the advert! Do they need to know that said bike has been half way across the planet?????
I am careful, honest!
To be fair, it is usually a bargain as I spend so much money making it comfortable, fitted with heavy duty inner tubes, protections (lots), luggage frame, luggage, power socket etc...
One exception: my BMW (the one that spent a year round south America!) was a dog but I sold it very cheap ...
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SJAAK LUCASSEN has set his goal to reach the "North Pole"....
http://www.sjaaklucassen.nl/en/categ...th-pole-intro/
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