Sir Ran is fit for the task
Dr Mike Stroud said he firmly believed the team “can do this a low risk, despite the age of some of them”. He conceded that Sir Ran’s physical health could not be expected to be as it was when he was half his age, however technology a significance to overall safety. Anton Bowring added that it nevertheless was a major and risky attempt never done before. “We have only been able to get here today…
Emotive Speech from the Commonwealth
Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth, stepped forward from the audience to say the expedition would “bring science to life” and give young people an opportunity to recognise and understand the impact of climate change. “We are really excited about this and will be encouraging members across the Commonwealth to engage, support and learn from this expedition,” s…
Q&A’s
Lawrence Mgintey of ITN asks for clarification on who is in the Ice Team and which of those will actually be walking. Details on our website! Brian Newham fields questions about how the team prepared to deal with crevasses and avalanches. If they get into crevasse terrain they will aim to find a different route. If the worst does happen, the expedition has the resources to deal with vehic…
Anton Bowring tells the press about the ship
Deputy expedition leader and marine expert Anton Bowring tells the press about the SA Agulhas, a vessel “ideally suited” to the expedition needs. Sail from London on December 6th, hopefully seen off by The Coldest Journey patron HRH The Prince of Wales. Discounted rate from SAMSA in return for allowing sea cadets from South Africa to get experience training in the Antarctic. Science work will b…
Phenomenal Opportunity for Schools
Phil Hodgson, senior lead of Durham’s education development service, talks about the exciting opportunity for generating fascinating resources for children across the Commonwealth. His team have been trialling the wealth of resources across schools in England. Now some of these “original and fascinating resources” will be available to other schools for a small subscription to go towards t…
DR Mike Stroud on White Mars
Dr Mike Stroud announces that he is sadly unable to join the trip to the Antarctic, but has a list of experienced doctors eager to take his place. Nevertheless, he will be designing, along with Dr Alex Kumar, an important project to be carried out on the ice, looking at the effect of such a hostile environment has on the human body and mind over such a long period of time. The project is called…
Seeing is Believing
Richard Holmes, CEO, Standard Chartered (Europe), tells the conference that 80% of blindness across the world is curable and explains why they formed their charitable initiative, Seeing is Believing, which is being supported by the expedition. He explains that in 2003, at the time of 150 years anniversary of the birth of Standard Chartered, the bank asked employees what charity they wished to…
Everybody’s grandmother
Sir Ran explains the background to the expedition, referring to it as the last truly great challenge in a time when “everybody’s grandmother goes up Mount Everest at t…
Press launch
LIVE BLOG… At the Royal Society listening to The Coldest Journey’s chairman, Tony Medniuk, introducing the project to the media. The room is packed with members of the press; cameramen are vying for space at the back of the room…. Here’s Ran…
Launch day!
It’s here at long last, the public launch of The Coldest Journey! Watch this space and our Twitter feed for regular updates from the live press launch at the Royal Society from 11.45am.
