17 January 2012 – Exactly 100 years ago Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his team arrived at the most Southern point on Earth, the South Pole, in their wool jerseys, leather boots, cotton under garments and waxed wind suits. Sitting ensconced in my down suit and nylon tent right now and [...]
The Unlimited Child South Pole Expedition – Day 8
Despatch from Sean:
16 January 2012 – Antarctica has spoken. It’s 26 degrees below freezing. The terrain is spectacular, the team is fantastic but it’s brutally cold.
We are tucked inside the fabric of our two man tent, our lives preserved from the Polar breeze only [...]
Heard from Sean last night – all are in fine spirits. They had just returned from a mini expedition around Union Glacier, which gave them an opportunity to acclimatise to the Antarctic conditions, practice sled hauling, fine tune the clothing and camping systems before leaving for the South Pole. The weather had been [...]
Great relief - the bags have been found! Message from Sean yesterday is that they were about to fly to the Antarctic continent. They will fly in a Russian jet powered Ilyushion-76 aircraft over Tierra del Fuego and out across Drakes Passage towards the frozen lands of Antarctica. It’s a six hour flight [...]
Despatch received yesterday from the Unlimited Child team:
‘Hi everyone
Today (Wednesday) we had our briefing about flying into Antarctica and what we should expect at Union Glacier, how we should behave in Antarctica in order to be safe and how to prevent frostbite. This was presented by American Chris Nance who has done six seasons in Antarctica including [...]
The team departed from Durban early yesterday morning and after nearly 30 hours of travelling, arrived in Punta Arenas (which is at the southern tip of Chile) at 5am this morning. The next two days will be spent going through equipment and safety checks, being briefed on the expedition ahead including: flight arrangements, the current [...]
