A rare blog from Sir Ranulph!
I feel greatly relieved now that the expedition has set out for Antarctica. Since Mike Stroud suggested the idea to me five years ago, I have been working on it full-time and, like all the volunteers I have recruited onto the Team, unpaid. My original aim, and Mike’s, was simply to cross the Antarctic Continent on skis during the polar winter and using food/fuel depots parachuted the previous…
Special Edition Envelopes
Ian Prickett with the first of 1000 special edition Coldest Journey envelopes to sign, which will be stamped and franked at the Belgian Princess Elizabeth Station upon arrival. The envelopes are being signed by the whole team and will be available to buy at a later day. The money raised will go towards funding the remaining costs of the expedition, with any surplus going to Seeing is Believing…
Seventh Ice Team Member Announced
Coldest Journey team today confirmed that Sir Ranulph and his team of intrepid explorers will be joined by a seventh member. Known affectionately as Mary Mouse, the 15cm tall rodent is already a step ahead of the team having travelled down to Cape Town on board expedition ship, SA Agulhas. Surviving restless seas, tropical thunderstorms and pirate lockdown, Mary arrived in South Africa on Friday,…
Out of Africa – by Anton Bowring
We sailed this morning at 08.00am Our hosts, the ship’s owners, SAMSA laid on a farewell breakfast for us. It coincided with a breakfast programme ‘Morning Live’ on television. The programme started at 05.30am and therefore so did our breakfast. In a harbour building just across the quay from the ship, a sumptuous array of delicacies was laid out on tables with exotic flowers and white linen.
A message from Joanna Lumley:
“As a trustee for The Coldest Journey I have been looking forward to this day for weeks. To think that the team are now well and truly on their way to attempting this extraordinary challenge is terrifically ex…citing. I can only imagine how Sir Ranulph Fiennes and the rest of the Ice Team must be feeling right now. I think for most people the idea of what lies ahead would be simply petrifying…
They’re off!
Cape Town’s Table Mountain seen from the seas aboard the SA Agulhas. This morning’s departure from the South African city marks the start of the final leg of the journey to the ice. Next stop: Antarctica.
Sir Ranulph on SABC shortly before departure from Cape Town this morning
Check out this blog for more pics throughout the day and also a world exclusive on a new arrival to the Ic…
Missing My Mates
Hugh Bowring blog: 5.45pm. Sitting on the sofa at home in Sussex, feeling so far removed from all the action over there in Cape Town. Despite regular contact with the guys on the ship, being part of the operations team in England can feel poles apart from the rest of the crew at times. Am I sad? Lonely? Bored? No, not really. Jealous? Now that’s probably getting closer to the mark. Helping t…
The Calm Before the Storm: with Spencer Smirl
Cape Town is amazing. Beautiful scenery and fantastic weather, it is a much needed bit of holiday sun before we plunge head first into the deep freeze. It has been above 25 degrees here every day. As usual, I have managed to get sunburn straight away. Ian and I went out surfing a couple days back. Absolutely ruined my arms. I can’t remember ever swimming that hard. There was no pause in t…
This is Africa
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Thanks for all you lovely messages of support. Here’s Anton’s latest blog from the ship written over the last couple of days: We arrived on Friday evening. The approach to Table Bay and Cape Town harbour is special. After 3 weeks of isolation in the vastness of the Atlantic, suddenly marine life abounds and even though land is still some distance ove…r the horizon,…
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