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The Ice Team moved all loads 25km and are camped on the blue ice area at the bottom of the next technical section. Visibility and contrast have been limited for much of the day today, but despite this they have made good progress. The last 3 km required the relaying of loads as the Cats lost traction on the blue ice. Photo by Brian Newham.Status Met observations, snow sampling and medical tests…

Well, so does The Coldest Journey’s Operations Manager, Tris Kaye. Inspired by Ian Prickett’s jokey jazz hands at the start of the expedition, Tris got into the groove himself during a recent ramble in Glen Coe – and this is the result! It is an absolutely stunning photo and the cameraman has sensibly positioned Tris just far enough to the right so that you can crop him out of it…

by Brian Newham The Ice Team set off this morning in moderate conditions, hoping to make 24km south and get themselve at the edge of a blue ice area and the start of another 7km section with steep slopes and crevassing. The winds have crept up a little to around 13knots and the temperature is approaching minus 20C. The team are hoping to build on their good work of yesterday during which they…

Okay, so we have not put too many updates up the last 48 hours. Sorry about that. To make up for it, here is something to get your juices flowing. It shows the Cats in action over a crevasse field and describes the process the guys have to go through to pass these hazardous areas safely. By Ian Prickett   &nbs…

With Spencer and Richmond getting their hands dirty with some routine maintence on the Cats today, the others got busy making some more home improvements while they had the chance. In this photo Ian Prickett gets ready to install a window cover to the living caboose. Zero milage today, so the team is hoping to make good progress tomorrow to keep progress on the right track.

Richmond and Spencer go head to head during a science test – by Rob Lambert There are many things I love about being a doctor: there’s the simple, utter joy of working for the NHS; there’s the stratospherically high salary, share options, & company car; and of course there’s… that misty-eyed look of awe / admiration / lust that invariably appears on the face of pretty girls you meet at…

After the frustrations of the last two days, today has been a good day. Having started the vehicle preheat before the sun rose and quickly reassembled the Ice Train, we were on the move by 0830. It was an overcast start with poor contrast and no horizon but the vehicles are now both running well and we were soon clocking up some distance. It stayed like that for much of the day until lat…