New Zealander Michael Archer has joined the ranks of a small high profile group of explorers to make a round trip to the South Pole on foot.

Archer, who hails from Auckland, was with Richard Weber, a globally respected leader in polar expeditions.

Together with three other explorers, Archer and Weber took off for the legendary trek in November last year. They began skiing from a spot about 900km from the Pole, the Ronne Ice Shelf, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Two in the group had to leave the trip after only about a week. One had a broken wrist, the other got sick.

The three remaining explorers made it to the Pole after a month, after which the third explorer decided to fly back to the jump off point, which leaves only two out of five to complete the entire expedition.

Archer, who works as a builder, finished his epic journey with Weber on Wednesday.

The Weber Arctic website announced:

"We have just received a telephone call from Richard. They are finished! 2000 km across the Antarctic continent and they have successfully skied to the South Pole and kited back... They sounded absolutely exhausted on the phone. [On] their last day they kited 159km, and 200km the day before."