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The fastest overland journey to the South Pole from Patriot Hills on the Antarctic coastline was a total of 69 hours 21 minutes from 9–12 December 2005, by a team of five drivers: Jason De Carteret, Andrew Regan, Richard Griffiths, Andrew Moon (all UK) and Gunni Eglisson (Iceland) using a modified 6x6 vehicle.
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