1. No predators to worry about, I suppose, give or take the stray penguin. I don’t think Polar Bears or Wolves would linger either, since they would have so little to hunt for.
2. He must have slept in carved out cave dwellings, facing away from the strongest winds.
3. Forget about any personal hygiene during the journey.
Who’s going to complain about halitosis?
4. How did he power his cell phone?
5. Some experienced hikers are saying it’s a lot more than 944 miles to his destination. More like 19400. Who knows?
No bears or wolves in Antarctica. Penquins only on the coast - I imagine he left them behind in the first two hours.
Setting up his tent in the wind (50 mph sometimes) took awhile. He had a shovel and would shovel down about 1 foot it looks like. Set up the tent (with a rope and carabiner connecting it to his heavy sled so it wouldn’t blow away) - and then it looked like he used the snow from the dig to pile up a bit along the edge of the tent to keep the wind from getting underneath.
He said lots of folks asked him about the bathroom situation. “Work fast!” Just left it in a hole. Except for the last degree - all waste had to be packed out from the 89 parallel.
I don’t think Polar Bears or Wolves would linger either
Good guess. :^) As I'm sure ya know, polar bears are in the Arctic, not the Antarctic. And there are no true wolves even in South America, AFAIK. Coyotes have filled in some of the former range of the jaguar in Mexico and Central America, but have been stopped by the Panama Canal (last I knew), and the jaguar is making a comeback.