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Written By: sean on December 4, 2010 No Comment
South Pole – Day 12

Brief call today from Sean to say that they covered 15kms yesterday in 6 hrs which is good going. The plan today is to ski 20km.  The weather has been great so far with no major winds.  Holding thumbs that it stays that way.

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Written By: sean on December 3, 2010 One Comment
South Pole – Day 11

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 […]

Written By: sean on December 2, 2010 No Comment
South Pole – Day 10

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 […]

Written By: sean on December 2, 2010 One Comment
South Pole – Day 9 & 10

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 […]

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