Departing in March 2023, Ramsey will travel over 27,358km spanning 14 countries from the Arctic through to North, Central and South America, before finally crossing to Antarctica.
The expedition will raise awareness of the climate crisis and the critical role electric vehicles can play in reducing our carbon footprint.
Ramsey and his team have been preparing for the expedition for over four years, and May 24 marked a significant moment as they welcomed Nissan as the official vehicle partner of the unprecedented Pole to Pole expedition.
The partnership with the Japanese automaker will see the team explore the world’s most extreme yet beautiful terrains in the all-new Ariya e-4ORCE. With predicted temperatures ranging from -30°C to 30°C, the daring venture will also seek to demonstrate just how powerful, fun and thrilling electric vehicles can be.
In preparation for the brutal Arctic and Antarctic conditions, Ramsey’s expedition Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE will be modified and equipped by Arctic Trucks, a renowned specialist in polar vehicles. They will also provide logistical support and expertise to help plan a safe and accessible route through the most remote and hostile environments on Earth.
While much of the attention will be on the polar regions, the team will face numerous challenges crossing Arctic sea ice and traversing the Americas. The myriad of harsh environments would prove tough, from torrential rain, mud and soaring temperatures at the equator to the windswept altitude of the Andes.
New adventures in unfamiliar lands will become the team’s daily reality. Ramsey and his expedition crew will encounter many cultures and communities along the globe-spanning drive, investigating solutions for sustainability issues, from polar melting to habitat loss and the environmental threats posed by the climate crisis.
The focus of the expedition is to raise international awareness of the climate crisis and electric vehicle capability, but Ramsey and the team will also get involved with local projects along the way, including visiting a school that teaches children about renewable energy, and venturing into the Ecuadorian Amazon to meet a local tribe who protected their ancestral home.
This isn’t the first electric expedition for Ramsey, who has been adventuring in electric vehicles for over a decade. In 2017 he, and wife Julie, became the first team to complete the Mongol Rally in an all-electric vehicle. The pair travelled over 16,000km through 20 countries in 56 days, driving from the UK to Siberia behind the wheel of his Nissan LEAF.
“Our mission is to show that electric vehicles can tackle the harshest of environments – from the bitter cold of the poles to the hot and humid jungles of South America, and illustrate that they can meet the demands of drivers around the world, and encourage the switch to zero-emissions transport," said Ramsey, who is the founder of Pole to Pole Expedition.
