Videos

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…

This is Ian Prickett’s last ever Coldest Journey video from the ice. In it we see the team making their way to Princess Elisabeth Station, which they did about a week ago now, just as the good weather turned bad. If you have enjoyed Ian’s videos please post him a message here. Am sure he will love to hear from you! Best wishes TCJ Operations HQ, London…

On their way south, this treacherous stretch of ice caused serious problems to the Ice Team and was the beginning of the end. In this video by Ian Prickett we see them returning over the same spot in near perfect conditions.

Ian’s latest video from Antarctica was shot over a few days as the team were finally able to move camp. Having spent the last four months overwintering in the same spot, there was much to do before the Ice Team could finally get under way. This video encapsulates Ian’s good mood at getting back on the road and heading homeward at last. Treacherous crevasses and blue ice fields await them…

One of the main aims of The Coldest Journey is to raise $10 million for Seeing is Believing, a charitable initiative set up to prevent avoidable blindness in the developing world. Please watch this moving video from everyone on the Ice Team about the charity and how you can get involved. The Challenge Yourself campaign aims to get people from all walks of life to set their own challenges and in…

Last week, we posted a video featuring Brian Newham explained the process of melting snow into water for drinking and cleaning. In this video Richmond Dykes talks us through the systems in place for generating electricity for the Ice Train, including the two 240V generators, the battery store and how the team have planned against fire and crevasse falls. For the technical and the not-so-technica…

If you ever wanted to know how the Ice Team gets their drinking water, watch this video in which team leader Brian Newham runs us through the process.

In this video Ian Prickett reports from camp, where the Ice Team have been more or less confined to the indoors for more than two weeks as they wait for a monster blizzard to blow out. &nbs…

Following today’s announcement, Ice Team Leader Brian Newham talks to camera about what was ultimately his decision to put a halt to the first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic in winter. The video includes footage of the Cat D6Ns getting into tricky situations on the ice, as well as providing an idea of the science work that is being carried out by the team and will remain an extremely…

Video update by Richmond Dykes, featuring a rare appearance by Mary Mouse. Filming by Ian Prickett.