Fiennes Interview with Mail on Sunday
Sir Ranulph Fiennes talks candidly to the Mail on Sunday about near death experiences, frostbite and his greatest fear of all. Click on the link for the full story. At the bottom on the story is an interview with Brian Newham recorded just over a week ago (it’s a lot darker now!).
Sunset Competition – see all the entries on Flickr
Thank you to everyone who got involved with our Sunset Competition. We have had nearly a hundred entries, which is way more than we had every imagined we would get! It’s great news, but it also means that we’re going to take longer than we expected to draw up a shortlist. Hopefully we’ll have something posted on Flickr by the end of today… In the meantime, check out all of the entries on Flickr…
Status Update
Two days of good progress have put the Ice Team in a strong position to finally break out of the blue ice field once and onto the next stage of the journey. Yesterday, six fuel scoots were moved approx 2.2km west along the marked route, with the first 1.3km done by winching. Today, the team moved the cabooses and two of the remaining eight scoots 3km and they are now beyond the nasty area. So…
Ian Prickett Radio Interview
Here’s a link to Radio Solent’s morning programme with Julian Clegg, featuring a live chat with none other than Pompey’s own, Ian Prickett. Available for the next five days only.
A Good Day (at last)
The Ice Team has made excellent progress today in, for once, favourable conditions. Although the temperature has been hovering around a chilly -38C, the wind dropped to a more moderate level today and visibility improved immensely. With the elements in their favour, Spencer and Richmond have managed to wind a route to the far side of the upheaval with the Cats. No loads have been moved yet but at…
Sunsets Don’t Get Much Better Than This!
This photo was taken by Ice Team Leader Brian Newham this aftermoon. A full update of the team’s progress today will follow later, but if Brian has had enough time to take a picture things are certainly not all bad! Thinking of sunsets, if you reckon you can do better post your best photo (taken by you!) on our Facebook page or send to opsroom@thecoldestjourney.org and we’ll select our favorite.
Status Update: A Ray of Light
Visibility was good enough today to allow the Ice Team to start moving ahead with the Cats through an area of notable upheaval, stretching approx. 1300m west, which lies between their overnight base and, we hope, more favourable terrain. They have now marked and travelled along a twisting route for approx. 800 metres west from camp. This is excellent progress considering the terrain and proximity…
Status Update
By 1800 BST yesterday all units of the Ice Train had been moved to a position 700m west of the previous night’s camp. This puts the Ice Team on the edge of another area of ice upheaval which extends for about 1km and beyond which the terrain appears to ease. A further brief reconnaissance into this area yesterday in fading light and 50m visibility was not as encouraging as the previous visit…
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