April 2013

Over the weekend we asked you to send us your questions for Ian Prickett. Despite working 15-hour days outside in the cold, Ian managed to squeeze in enough time get back with his answers. I’ll reveal them in three instalments for maximum impact! Question One: As one who knows you extremely well, and knowing how you hate an untidy bedroom… Where do you put your laundry and where does it get…

After all the hard work of the last few days getting the Ice Train ready, both Cats were in operation today heading south and at the time of writing one of the Cats is still on the move. As a result of the axle problem the team have made changes to the layout of the train for the next phase of the journey to reduce the loads transferred through the various elements of the train. It will now…

Fiennes, right, with team mates before getting frostbite Co-leader of The Coldest Journey, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, said today that he had every confidence that the Ice Team would make the best out of any difficult situation after we revealed yesterday that the team had suffered a series of setbacks in recent days. Whilst the Ice Team were making good progress today in difficult conditions (report…

by Hugh Bowring, Operations HQ Ian welding under the living caboose – by Brian Newham. The last week has proven to be a very testing time for the Ice Team as they have had to endure severe weather conditions and a series of mechanical set-backs. Taken individually these challenges would have been hard enough to deal with, but collectively they have put great pressure on the guys and have pushed…

The Ice Team have been busy working on a number of mechanical issues today in preparation for embarking on the next stage of the traverse. Most of these have been completed successfully, with just some welding work having to be carried over to tomorrow. More details of this will follow tomorrow, but for now we will leave you with this wonderful picture by Brian Newham on a cold and windy evening…

The Ice Team made the final runs to the fuel depot successfully yesterday and now the entire Ice Train is together at S72 31′ 50.2″, E023 27′ 01.7″. The plan from here is to move south and into unchartered territory for the team. Before that can happen, however, there are a number of important checks, modifications and repairs which need to be carried out to a number of different components of…

Following on from the videos of Richmond, Spencer and Brian, here’s one of Ian Prickett. Take a look, get inspired and ping us your questions! The three most LIKED questions one here and on Facebook will get put to Ian.

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Photo by Brian Newham. At last the condtions have improved and the Ice Team are on the move again. Both cabooses and fuel scoots now half way up the hill and we are hoping to have everything at the fuel depot within the next few…