A Good Day
After the frustrations of the last two days, today has been a good day. Having started the vehicle preheat before the sun rose and quickly reassembled the Ice Train, we were on the move by 0830. It was an overcast start with poor contrast and no horizon but the vehicles are now both running well and we were soon clocking up some distance. It stayed like that for much of the day until lat…
Pic of the Day
by Brian Newham…
The Coldest Journey App Now Available!
We are delighted to announce the launch of The Coldest Journey app! Ready for download now, this app contains lots of at-a-glance info which we are sure many of you out there will love. Check out the most up-to-date position of the Ice Train on the Live Map and find out just how cold it is down there with the temperature and wind speed dashboard. Scroll along to the next page for the most recent…
Status Update
Spencer at Work – by Brian Newham For the eagle-eyed among you, you will have noticed from the Live Map that the Ice Train has not moved very much the last couple of days – indeed, it has not moved since covering five kilometres yesterday morning. This is due to the fact that unscheduled maintenance work has had to be carried out to one of the Cats. It is very frustrating since the weather has…
The Drivers: Answers
(photo: Rob Lambert watches on as Richmond and Spencer prepare their answers in the Living Caboose) On Saturday, we asked you to come up with some questions for the two drivers, Spencer Smirl and Richmond Dykes. The most popular three were put to the guys and here is what they said: Question One: If one or both of the Cats break down or are damaged beyond repair, what then? If only one of t…
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
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
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 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
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…
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