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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Ramón Hernando de Larramendi
- Ramón Hernando de Larramendi (Madrid, 1965) is a Spanish polar explorer and adventurous traveler who has promoted and developed a WindSled (also call Inuit WindSled) unique in the world, intended for the research in Antarctica and Greenland.
- He has travelled more than 40.000 km in polar territories. One of his first milestones was the Circumpolar Expedition in the Arctic, during which he covered 14,000 km using only a dog sled and a kayak.
- This trip, in which he spent three years, laid the foundations for his later projects.
- In recent years, Larramendi has led a dozen expeditions in Antarctica and Greenland with his WindSled vehicle, whose ultimate goal is to be used for polar scientific research.
- Throughout his career, he has received several awards.
- Author of books on his experiences and on the Inuit people, he has also been a member of RTVE's 'Al filo de lo imposible' ('Edge of the Impossible') team.
- He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Geographic Society.
- He lives part of the year in southern Greenland.
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