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I Spy an Ice Train

I Spy an Ice Train

This photograph was taken by Brian Newham during a trip up a nearby nunatak which he made with Rob Lambert today. The team wanted to get some good pictures and footage of the Ice Train from a distance before it the nights draw in. Good effort…

Documenting the Expedition

Documenting the Expedition

Happy Easter everyone! During the expedition the Ice Team have been taking lots of videos, not just for our followers on Facebook and the website, but also for a documentary which will be released next year. With the days getting rapidly shorter, time is running out for filiming in the light. Here Rob Lambert gets the first ever footage of the Ice Train from a distance (image to follow). It’s…

Mirage

Mirage

Click on the link below to see some more extraordinary photos of the mirage which the Ice Team could see throughout the day today. As beautiful as it is, one feels that you cannot quite imagine just how stunning it must have been seen at first hand. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEwUJDz Hugh, Operations HQ (many thousands of miles away in Sussex,…

The Drivers: Results

The Drivers: Results

The phone lines have closed, the results are in. The three questions that are being sent to Spencer and Richmond will be: If one or both of the Cats break down or are damaged beyond repair, what then? (by Mark Saunders, very similar to a question by Pati Coukell) In a worst case scenario, what would the biggest repair you would be able to carry out on the Cats in the environment you’re in? (by…

The Drivers

The Drivers

Good morning everyone,Here is a video that we have been holding back for a little while. With the Ice Team getting their heads down and making the most of another great day of weather on the ice, I thought I would share this video centred… around the drivers, Richmond Dykes and Spencer Smirl, and invite you to SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS. At the end of today I will send Richmond and Spencer t…

Spencer Smirl’s Thought of the Day

Spencer Smirl’s Thought of the Day

I am still loving it down here, especially now that our progress counts towards completion. The days are short enough now that we end up driving in the dark some of the time, which is a whole new element. I always like operating in the dark; all the different lights and colours. It seems like the world closes in around you, shrinks even. It makes the environment seem less intimidating I…

Repair Work Halts Progress

Repair Work Halts Progress

The Ice Team is at the same position as yesterday having been unable to take advantage of excellent travelling conditions. The team recently found some issues with the fuel scoot runners so took the opportunity to rectify these whilst conditions were favourable. All seven scoots that the team have with them are now fixed, but it took the whole day to complete. They will have to do similar…

Sunset

Sunset

With the nights drawing in quickly now, we won’t be getting many more evenings like. Best to enjoy it while we can. It’s stunning here in Antarctica tonight. A Cat, a mountain, the moon and a caboose (in case you had not spotted them) – by Brian Newham Collecting snow for the melt tank – by Brian Newham The aluminium Zarges boxes hold the food and, when empty, the rubbish – by Brian Newham by…

Update

Update

The very strong winds of the last two days moderated during the morning and we were able to dig out the Ice Train and reassemble. We then made slow progress across an area of Blue Ice where load ferrying was necessary due to insufficient traction. We are now at the location where we have agreed to depot the Belgian Lehmann sledge (S71 26′ 26.3″, E023 36′ 23.6″). Work is continuing this evening to…

Moon Rising – by Brian Newham

Moon Rising - by Brian Newham

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