Nabil Al-Busaidi's Antarctic expedition diary

He made his name by becoming the first Arab to walk to the magnetic North Pole, and now Nabil ‘Nabs’ Al-Busaidi has the Antarctic’s highest mountain in his sights.

The 39-year-old Omani, who entered the record books last April after completing a 24-day trek across the Arctic, is preparing to scale Mount Vinson, one of the world’s Seven Summits – or the highest peaks on the seven continents.

In his bid to conquer the 4,892m peak, which stands some 1,200km from the South Pole, Nabs will face arctic conditions and need expert mountaineering and glacier skills. The expedition is far from risk free, and only 1,400 have succeeded in climbing Mount Vinson.

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