The Antarctic Ice Marathon was established by Richard Donovan / 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. The Antarctic Ice Marathon is currently the only marathon within the Antarctic Circle

Antarctic Circle

The Antarctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs south of the Equator.-Description:...

 (2007).

The sixth running of the Antarctic Ice Marathon took place at 80° South

80th parallel south

The 80th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane.It passes through Antarctica and Antarctic ice shelves.Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 80° south passes through:...

 on December 15, 2010. The 100 kilometer race took place a day later on December 16, 2010. Participants are flown from Punta Arenas, Chile

Punta Arenas, Chile

Punta Arenas is a commune and the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas...

 to the race location in the interior of the Antarctic and experience anything from subzero temperatures to 24 hours of daylight while there. The next running of the Antarctic Ice Marathon is expected to take place on or around November 30, 2011.

Results

Year	Men's Marathon Winner	Women's Marathon Winner	100 Kilometer Winner
January 2006	Evgeniy Gorkov (RUS Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... )	Wendy Mackinnon (UK United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... )	Richard Donovan (IRL Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth... )
December 2006	Henri Alain d'Andria (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	Noelle Sheridan (USA)	Richard Donovan (IRL)
2007	Marc de Keyser (BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... )	Nobody reached the finish	Christian Schiester (AUT)
2008	Miles Cudmore (UK)	Kirsi Montonen (FIN)	Marc de Keyser (BEL)
2009	Jason Wolfe (USA)	Richelle Turner (AUS)	Richard Donovan (IRL)
2010	Bernardo Fonseca (BRA Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... )	Clare Apps (UK)	Bernardo Fonseca (BRA)
2011	TBD	TBD	TBD

External links

• Antarctic Ice Marathon website
• North Pole Marathon website
• San Diegan trains in freezer for Antarctic marathon
• Final Preparations For Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k
• The racing’s tough but that’s about the only hardship at the Antarctic Marathon
• Pictures of the North Pole Marathon from Rob Plijnaar, competitor in 2009