Sean’s just woken up and is busying preparing his gear for the day ahead. This can take some time as he has to make sure he has the correct clothing and layering of thermals, socks, light weight fleece, heavier fleece, shell pants, shell jacket, a balaclava, hat, face mask, liner gloves, fleece gloves, goggles etc etc. Any […]
It’s 10:30am and the group are about to depart on the next leg of their journey. The scene in front of them is ‘beaut’ said Sean, a complete whiteout with sparkling snow which has been textured from the wind. Luckily, today there is no wind and only a thin layer of high altitude cloud. But […]
The team landed safely at 89 degrees south with the advance team having already set up camp. Once the aircraft had been unloaded, it departed leaving the crew very alone in one of the greatest wildernesses on earth. They are now finally on their way skiing to the South Pole. Sean was snuggled up in […]
Sean’s just called to say the engine has been repaired and they will be departing for 89 degrees south in an hours time. It’s extremely cold. It’s minus 15 degrees Celsius at Union Glacier without wind and he’s already feeling the chill biting into him. At the South Pole it’s minus 40 degrees Celsius! His ski […]
The crew wasn’t able to fly to 89 degrees south today – the one engine on the twin otter aircraft that was supposed to fly them to their destination needed repair. So they’re still at Union Glacier and hope to fly tomorrow. They’ve just been ‘eating and eating today’ says Sean. Sean ended the call from the satellite phone […]
Latest from Sean is that they’ve just completed another briefing on issues such as how to survive in the Antarctic, how to regulate body temperature, what to wear, ski techniques, how to protect their shelters from damage and safety procedures for dealing with emergency situations etc. It’s all pretty serious stuff. Sean said they will take […]
The team have landed in Antarctica. Sean sounded ecstatic – describing the scene in front of him as mindblowlingly beautiful. It’s 24-hrs of continuous daylight so as they stepped off the plane at about 1.30am, they would’ve immediately been faced with stunning scenery of snow, ice and mountains.
Sean was seated right in the front of the plane so could see […]
Email from Sean ‘We’ve been given the nod to have our bags readied and will be collected this afternoon by ALE (Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions). Tomorrow we are on standby for a potential fly in.
The briefing was packed with loads of interesting points that we need to observe such as bio sensitive issues like not […]
