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The Poles Project The Poles Project The Poles Project is the latest in a series of adventures by Irish Adventurer Mike O Shea .

A Pole Of Inaccessibility is defined as the location furthest from a particular coastline

The phrase originally coined to describe the most difficult point to reach in the Arctic by Vilihjalmur Stefansson in the 1920s it is now used to describe the points on the worlds largest landmasses which are furthest from the coastline. These points by their nature vary hugely across the continents, but are certainly a long way from the coast! As part of The Poles Project not only will Mike O Shea aim to reach the PIA of the continental landmasses , but also completely cross each of these landmasses.

Tune into RTÉ Today from 3.30pm to see Mike chat to Maura and Daithi about his recent Africa trip and his adventures in ...
05/18/2018

Tune into RTÉ Today from 3.30pm to see Mike chat to Maura and Daithi about his recent Africa trip and his adventures in general.

As of last night the guys were in the South West of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They have been pushing hard , and ...
04/26/2018

As of last night the guys were in the South West of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They have been pushing hard , and had a few "interesting" moments - hopefully we will get a blog update in a few days when they reach somewhere a bit more safe and can regroup a bit. Dont forget you can track their daily progress on https://mikeoshea.ie/africa-tracking/

Seems travelling across Africa is not without its headaches ;-)
04/14/2018

Seems travelling across Africa is not without its headaches ;-)

Mission 3 of The Poles Project is GO! Di**le - Cape Town via the African Pole of Inaccessibility Mike and David left Dub...
03/26/2018

Mission 3 of The Poles Project is GO! Di**le - Cape Town via the African Pole of Inaccessibility

Mike and David left Dublin at 2pm on Friday afternoon and have covered ALOT of milage since! They are currently in Casablanca! Keep up to date here -

01/13/2018

Help/Information needed.

Does anyone have contacts on the ground either with an aid agency or working in the following. Uganda, Central African Republic and South Sudan. Particularly someone working on the World Food Programme in Uganda. Thanks in Advance. Mike

12/09/2016

So we are 146km for Cochabamba and there has been two road slides 50km ahead so we are stopped up for the night. The queue of trucks gets longer and longer and there is no update only that a car and driver were taken with today's slide, so it's a waiting game, or take a 10hr detour to get to the same distance we are on a road that may have the same issues. So it's a case of listen to the rain drops and birds and insects, and get up at 4.30am to have another go.

12/08/2016

After much arguing Mike made it across the border from Brazil to Bolivia. He is now in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on his way towards the coast in Chile .

While Mike is having absolute nightmare issues with visas and borders in Brazil / Bolivia this morning here is a happy p...
12/07/2016

While Mike is having absolute nightmare issues with visas and borders in Brazil / Bolivia this morning here is a happy photo of the Grand Canyon from last week :-)

Pole 2 : South America - DONE !! After a non stop 2040 mile driving marathon Mike reached the Pole Of Inaccessibility in...
12/05/2016

Pole 2 : South America - DONE !! After a non stop 2040 mile driving marathon Mike reached the Pole Of Inaccessibility in northern Brazil. On now to the west coast !

12/04/2016

Today Mike drove over 1000 miles straight ... on his own. In weather like this !!

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