As my friend Pablo put it, the Race Around the World is the South Pole version of the San Francisco Bay to Breakers: any means of transportation are permitted, costumes are allowed, and arrangements can be made even for those who would rather watch the race from a couch. This year the Race Around the World was a 2.1-mile loop around the station and around the geographic South Pole. Two tracks were groomed: an inside track for the runners, walkers, and skiers, and an outside track for the vehicles. The winner of the race gets a free ride to McMurdo to compete in the Antarctic marathon. The field is surprisingly competitive, as the South Pole attracts people of a great level of fitness and highly accomplished in all kinds of sports. This year we had on station Everest summitteers, world record holder in mountain running, astronauts, snowboard champions, and several Alaska mountain guides. Out of a station population of about 250 more than half chose to run or walk or ski the course.
Some of the Ice Cube workers rode in a chariot that they had built last year for this purpose ...
... while others watched the course from a moving couch
From de blog The Adventures of Marco Polie
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