Arved Fuchs

{{short description|German polar explorer and writer (born 1953)}}

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|birth_place = Bad Bramstedt, West Germany

|occupation = Polar explorer, writer

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Arved Fuchs (born 26 April 1953) is a German polar explorer and writer.

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On 30 December 1989, Fuchs and Reinhold Messner were the first to reach the South Pole with neither animal nor motorised help, using skis and a parasail. That made him the first person to reach both poles by foot within one year.

Many of his expeditions have taken place on the water, such as his failed attempt to sail around the North Pole on a traditional sailing boat (1991–1994). This boat, Dagmar Aaen, is still used by Fuchs on his current expeditions.

In 2000, Fuchs led an expedition to recreate Ernest Shackleton's desperate sea journey in the James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia, and the subsequent land crossing of that island.{{Cite web |last=Navigator |first=Ocean |date=2003-01-01 |title=Shackleton boat/land voyage recreated - Ocean Navigator |url=https://oceannavigator.com/shackleton-boat-land-voyage-recreated/ |access-date=2022-03-09 |language=en-US}}{{clear left}}

In October 2017, Fuchs was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his merits to the protection of the environment.{{cite news |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article212130167/Karin-Beier-traegt-jetzt-das-Bundesverdienstkreuz.html |title=Karin Beier trägt jetzt das Bundesverdienstkreuz |language=de |agency=DPA |date=4 October 2017 |work=Hamburger Abendblatt |access-date=4 October 2017 |url-access=subscription }}