Polish explorer starts eco-friendly expedition to Japan
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
25.05.2018 09:30
Polish explorer Marek Kamiński has embarked on an eco-friendly expedition to Japan.
![Marek Kamiński. Photo: Marek Kamiński (self-portait) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://external.polskieradio.pl/files/f20c4ea2-e633-41ad-9d6c-631c8b6e3a16.file "Marek Kamiński. Photo: Marek Kamiński (self-portait) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
Marek Kamiński. Photo: Marek Kamiński (self-portait) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
He is travelling in an electric Nissan fully equipped for an extended solo journey, including sleeping and cooking facilities.
Having set out from the Polish mountain resort of Zakopane, Kamiński plans to arrive in Japan in July after covering around 13,000 kilometres through Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Mongolia, China and South Korea.
Its ecological aspect apart, Kamiński’s “No Trace” expedition is a celebration of the centenary of Polish independence regained after over 120 years of foreign rule.
In an interview with Poland’s PAP news agency, Kamiński said he wanted to repay the debt of gratitude to all those “who fought for Polish independence and without whom I would not have reached the two poles.”
Born in 1964, Kamiński studied philosophy and physics. In May 1995, he reached the North Pole in the company of another Polish explorer, Wojciech Moskal. In December that same year he single-handedly conquered the South Pole.
Kamiński has participated in several expeditions in the Antarctic and Greenland and twice crossed the Atlantic in a yacht. Three years ago, he completed St. James’s Way, the pilgrimage route to the shrine of the Apostle St. James the Greater in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain. He covered almost 4,000 kilometres through six countries in 118 days.
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