Blue Ice and Mountains
By Brian Newham. Yesterday was a long day and today isn’t to be any shorter but we really want to make the most of the good weather. Despite a fresh breeze it is sunny with great visibility so we need to push southwards. By late morning we arrived at an area of ‘Blue Ice’. It’s a term used to describe a surface that is just that – it’s like an ice rink but with a few surface imperfections. They…
RGS Event Not Going Ahead
I am sorry to annouce that the provisional event at the Royal Geographical Society on 20th March is not going to happen after all. Having put out the feelers to gauge interest it was decided by our Trustees that there was not a sufficient level to ensure that the full capacity of the RGS hall was filled. On behalf of everyone at Operations HQ and beyond who were looking forward to marking t…
“Terra Firma”
By Anton Bowring, Cape Town. Yesterday the expedition support team stepped ashore properly for the first time since we left Cape Town on 7th January. Although we got off the ship in Antarctica, the ice on which we stood was afloat. Even though we were surrounded by a landscape of undulating whiteness, we were no more on terra firma than the ship itself. Inevitably we are all feeling unsettled.
