Not going nowhere – deja vu
This video was taken yesterday by Ian Prickett and shows the Ice Train half-buried in snow. Although the team can dig the train out and be ready to move in two to three hours, there are still plenty of things to be done before the off. Another day of bad weather has left the team tied up in the caboose again, and so there is now real pressure on the guys to get eveything ready for Wednesday,…
Lumie Lights
Rob Lambert (right) and Ian Prickett enjoy a game of cards by the light of a special lamp generously provided to us by one of our sponsors, Lumie. These daylight effect lights will be an important addition to the living caboose during the dark winter months ahead.
The Morning After the Snow Blew In
The Ice Team took threes hours this morning digging the Ice Train out of the snow! In this video Ian Prickett shows the full extent of the drift.
A Trail of Bread Crumbs…
By Spencer Smirl. We began our journey back to the coast after departing from our fuel deposit over a week ago. It is nice to be moving downhill for a change. The Cats are enjoying it as well. The decent of almost… 2kms has them purring along at a break neck pace of up to 8km/hr. I forgot what speed felt like. I can’t imagine the shock I’ll receive when I return home and have to make 60mph on a…
Not going nowhere
Whiteout conditions, 35knot winds and heavy drifting snow put paid to the Ice Team’s hopes of reaching Crown Bay today. Not sure who that is in the picture, but given that he has a drill in his hand my money is on Ian…
Leaving the Mountains
After two days servicing the vehicles, we managed an encouraging 42kms today in excellent conditions and are now camped at S71 45′ 05.1″, E023 33″ 39.4″, 1190m above sea level. This picture shows one of the Ice Train with the mountains behind us. The terrain starts getting easier now so we are hoping to make decent progress over the days…
Latest Photos from the Ice
Check out the latest images from Antarctica by clicking on the thumbnails on the bottom right hand side of the website or following this link to our Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecoldestjourney/ Choose the “Most Recent” set for latest pics, browse the Photostream for all images, or choose a different set for specific parts of the expedition to date.
Depot on the Plateau
The Ice Team turned around today and started to head back north to the start line, covering 41km in ideal conditions. Here’s a video shot by Ian Prickett of the depot on the plateau, giving a great idea of the layout and terrain.
Back to the Coast
By Brian Newham. The time has come for us to depot our precious fuel and to head back to the coast. It has not been an easy journey to get this far and the large vehicles and heavy loads have given us plenty of challenges as we have crawled our way inland and through the Sør Rondane mountains. In a perfect world we would have liked to get our depot much further south but the terrain, weather and…
Rob Lambert Interview
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is due to arrive back in England tomorrow morning before heading into a press conference with the world’s media. Ahead of this event, expedition doctor Rob Lambert answered some questions for the press about Ran’s condition and what his departure means for the rest of the team and the expedition as a whole. His answers were as follows: Did you help Ran when t…
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