Total Composites of Esquimalt, BC, designed the first-ever campers used on the Transglobal Car Expedition, which reached the South Pole in January 2025. Founder Andreas Schwall, a seasoned adventurer, drew on his experience to create durable habitats capable of withstanding extreme cold and challenging conditions. The company's innovative designs have revolutionized polar exploration, providing explorers with comfortable and reliable shelter.
An Vancouver Island company is celebrating its role in designing the first campers to ever reach the North and South poles.
Schwall has long held a passion for adventure and travel. At 20, he began exploring Northern Africa by motorbike. Since then, he’s had many more motorbike adventures, including five crossings of the Sahara Desert and a three-and-a-half-month journey to Senegal. The German-born, Esquimalt-based entrepreneur immigrated to Canada 23 years ago – on a bicycle.
“ got commissioned to support them with shelter and ground support because if you break down up there, you get eaten by the polar bears — or you just die,” said Schwall. “This was just a game-changer. They said, ‘We can hang out inside. We can make meals inside... We want to do this again'.” Schwall’s camper was then used on two journeys to the magnetic North Pole. After that, the company was commissioned to send the habitats on the Transglobal Car Expedition, a circumnavigation of the globe entirely by car, except for some sections involving ships.
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