Bulletin #8 - Expedition Will Return to the UK Triumphant
08 JANUARY 2010: PRESS BULLETIN
8 January 2010: The Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition team will fly into London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday 11 January triumphant and celebratory following their extraordinary journey to the Geographic South Pole. The team – seven women from six Commonwealth countries – arrived at the bottom of the world at 2309 on Tuesday, 29 December after 38 days skiing across one of the most hostile places on earth. Kaspersky Lab’s senior management team met them there.
After a warm welcome from family, friends and the press at Heathrow Airport, the girls will head straight into London for their first press conference held at London’s Commonwealth Club and hosted by Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma.
Also there to greet the team, as they had been at the South Pole, will be the expedition’s sponsors, Kaspersky Lab. Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab and the expedition’s most devoted follower, flew to the South Pole with his colleagues Harry Cheung, Managing Director of Kaspersky Lab for the APAC Region and Alexander Gostev, Director of Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team to congratulate the team personally on their success and to plant a Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition flag together. Roger Wilson, Vice-President Marketing will also be waiting for them at the Commonwealth Club in London today.
Eugene Kaspersky commented “The Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition team has accomplished one of the most historic feats of the century and I know for sure that for such a great team, it is only the beginning of what they can achieve!”
Harry Cheung said: “We are very proud of the team’s achievement. They are a true inspiration, and we admire their determination to accomplish this challenging expedition as a team. Similarly, the underlying principle of Kaspersky Lab’s business is to overcome all difficulties to tackle global information security issues, through a collaborative and pioneering spirit is shared by our teams across the globe.”
Felicity Aston, team leader said: “We are all so excited to be back in London and we are looking forward to sharing our stories and experiences. But, in many ways, skiing to the South Pole was just the beginning because, after today, we begin the job of spreading the word about comradeship between nations, the power of women united, and the importance of inter-cultural understanding and team work. If this expedition has taught us anything, it is that if we seven women can ski to the South Pole, then anyone can do anything. This is the message we want to share and will take around the world on behalf of Kaspersky Lab.”
The Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition also begins a dedicated education programme visiting schools, colleges and youth groups around the world. Team members will spend the next 12 months visiting schools and bringing expedition food, clothing and equipment with them for students to try, as well as images and film footage from the expedition to describe their experiences in Antarctica.
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