News from HQ

The Ice Team will be broadcasting live tomorrow (Tuesday) morning from Camup.com. 0930 – 1000 Press access only. 1000 – 1045 All followers are welcome! 1045 – 1110 Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Elio D’anna – the President of The European School of Economics If you want to ask a question during the followers session, please  make a donation using the link below: http://bit.ly/1bJfr2b We will select…

On the morning of Tuesday the 26th November, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the Ice Team will be available for a Q&A session live on Camup.com. All you will need is a webcam and an internet connection to watch the web streaming event available to our followers all over the world. If you want to be one of the lucky ones to ask them a question, make a donation using the link below…

An aircraft, the IL76, departed Cape Town this morning heading for Novo with an eta of 1310GMT. The plan was that when it landed at Novo some of the passengers would get straight onto a Twin Otter bound for Princess Elisabeth. They would then get off at PE and the Ice Team would get on and fly back to Novo where the IL76 would be waiting. We have not had confirmation from the team yet that a…

After arriving at the Princess Elisabeth Research Station the Ice Team have a lot to do before they are airlifted from the continent later this month. Keep your eyes on our Facebook page and the website for latest news, pics, videos, reflections and more…

After a few well-earned rest days, the Ice Team got back on the move yesterday and are tonight at a new camp 5.6km along their destination north. The Ice Team are heading for the Princess Elizabeth Research Station, and are hoping to arrive there by the end of the month. The intention will then be to fly out at the end of November, heading for Cape Town, South Africa, and then on to England. If…

Regular visitors will remember that a few months ago we launched the Challenge Yourself initiative, inviting you – our followers – to conjure up your own wacky ideas for putting yourselves to the test to raise money for Seeing is Believing. Over the coming weeks and months we will be showcasing some of the fabulous efforts that the most adventurous among you have been making – starting…

Received by HQ at 12.01 GMT today “A hive of activity here. The first fuel scoots have been pulled out of their drifts and are now rigged up ready to move. As I write we are getting ready to try and take the first two loads of scoots north. The sun is shining but drifting snow is reducing visibility. We will have someone on foot ahead of the Cats to give them direction. With the conditions less…

With the Ice Team getting ready to start their long journey home any moment now, I thought I would momentarily distract you all with this wonderful picture of our dear trustee Joanna Lumley and friends during her recent visit to Bangladesh. Joanna was joined by expedition leaders Ran Fiennes and Anton Bowring on a short trip to the country to help raise awareness of Seeing is Believing, t…

We have followed your reports with much interest and enjoyed seeing the splendid photos.  It is most encouraging to us lesser mortals to see you weathering the situation so well. Keep it going, we are proud of you. John Blashford-Snell and the Scientific Exploration…

by Hugh Bowring. We did it! At 17:38 on Tuesday afternoon expedition HQ’s Tris Kaye set foot on French sand to complete the Channel Arm Bandits’ relay swim in 15hrs and 28mins. From my own perspective it was unquestionably the most physically demanding thing I have ever done. I hated most of it, but loved the rest, averaging out as pretty awesome. 40-hour stretch with no sleeping and starting my…