More Than Just a Crossing
In this video Rob Lambert offers us a very good insight into the conditions the Ice Team have been experiencing for the last few days.
Behind the Scenes
Check out this sped up video of The Coldest Journey’s Ice Team taking some publicity pics during a white out in Antarctica. It’s funny what a few months in the cold can do to…
The Ice Team
Holed up in the caboose, from left to right are Spencer Smirl, Ian Prickett, Rob Lambert, Richmond Dykes and Brian Newham. Get to know these faces – they are about to make history!
The Eve of the Launch
Please click on the link to Brian Newham’s article which appeard on BBC Online today. In it, he describes for the first time the moment the team found out Sir Ranulph Fiennes was leaving, and talks candidly about the challenge ahead.
Not going nowhere – deja vu
This video was taken yesterday by Ian Prickett and shows the Ice Train half-buried in snow. Although the team can dig the train out and be ready to move in two to three hours, there are still plenty of things to be done before the off. Another day of bad weather has left the team tied up in the caboose again, and so there is now real pressure on the guys to get eveything ready for Wednesday,…
Lumie Lights
Rob Lambert (right) and Ian Prickett enjoy a game of cards by the light of a special lamp generously provided to us by one of our sponsors, Lumie. These daylight effect lights will be an important addition to the living caboose during the dark winter months ahead.
Three Days and Counting
After five years of planning and preparation, the time has nearly come for our epic expedition to begin. In less than three days’ time the Ice Team will begin what looks set set to become one of the most historic feats of human endeavour for many years. To make the first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic during the polar winter official, the Ice Team cannot start the traverse until after t…
The Morning After the Snow Blew In
The Ice Team took threes hours this morning digging the Ice Train out of the snow! In this video Ian Prickett shows the full extent of the drift.
A Trail of Bread Crumbs…
By Spencer Smirl. We began our journey back to the coast after departing from our fuel deposit over a week ago. It is nice to be moving downhill for a change. The Cats are enjoying it as well. The decent of almost… 2kms has them purring along at a break neck pace of up to 8km/hr. I forgot what speed felt like. I can’t imagine the shock I’ll receive when I return home and have to make 60mph on a…
Not going nowhere
Whiteout conditions, 35knot winds and heavy drifting snow put paid to the Ice Team’s hopes of reaching Crown Bay today. Not sure who that is in the picture, but given that he has a drill in his hand my money is on Ian…
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