September 1, 2013

Mary Mouse has been keeping a low profile these recent months on the ice, but now the sun is up she’s out and about making herself busy around camp. Watch this video by Ian Prickett of Mary’s best friend Richmond Dykes showing us what the little mouse has been up to (and find out what a manmade underground Antarctic snow cave really looks like!).

by Brian Newham. Today, for the first time in many months, we felt some warmth from the sun. Standing in the caboose doorway, sheltered from the relentless wind, there was a very definite warmth on the face. An extremely pleasant feeling. It’s amazing to think that less than a month ago the sun rose for the first time and yet now we already have 8hrs 41mins of sun-up. The transition is rapid and…

An online auction has gone live offering some extraordinary lots ranging from equipment used on The Coldest Journey right through to Sir Ranulph Fiennes’s Rolex watch and a lunch for four hosted by Sir Ranulph and Joanna Lumley at La Petite Maison. There are also plenty of other lots without an immediate connection to the expedition, but are sure to be extremely appealing to people across t…