Progress Report

It is a mix of pleasure and frustration that we welcome you to the Live Map service on The Coldest Journey website, courtesy of Yellow Brick Tracking. A pleasure because it is a really cool addition to the site through which you will be able to chart the Ice Team’s progress in Antarctica; a frustration because it is not currently working on our site and you have to be redirected to another sit…

(by Brian Newham) You might like the latest ice image – it’s changed quite a lot since we lasted posted in mid-Dec. Ice still extends about 150 miles off the coast but it looks quite broken and there appears to be an obvious breach in our area of interest – we are aiming to make landfall at approx S70 E023. Currently, we are still up at around S48 so we aren’t quite on this map yet but I’v…

All, You may be interested in the following link which shows the current sea ice conditions around the Antarctic continent. Unfortunately there has been a recent satellite failure which is preventing us getting the normally available high resolution pictures – so this is the best at the moment. http://www.polarview.aq/images/25_SSMIS/latest/antarctic.gif For those that are interested, it’s wort…

Thank you to all the people who made yesterday possible, and to everyone who has supported us so far. It’s been a long time coming, but the SA Agulhas’s departure down the Thames yesterday afternoon marked the beginning of an epic adventure, and is the first major milestone of many more to come. Thank you also for all of the wonderful messages of support and praise which you have showered our…

Dear Members of the Public, Last week we posted a blog saying that the SA Agulhas was due to leave the Thames at between 5.45pm and 6pm on Thursday, 6th December. THIS HAS NOW CHANGED TO 3.15PM. We apologise for any inconvenience this alteration makes, and would still love it if you could join us by the riverside on Thursday afternoon to wave the ship off. SA Agulhas will be carrying all of t…

Dearr All, The SA Agulhas sailed from Cape Town today at 13.00hrs (UK time) – destination London. If you want to follow the ship’s progress, while in coastal waters you can visit the website: www.marinetraffic.com/ais. On the map the ship is coloured blue and is heading in a North Westerly direction from Cape Town. I should get regular reports from the Captain and I shall try to post her daily…

It’s a big, big day for The Coldest Journey today! Expedition ship SA Agulhas sets sail from Cape Town, South Africa. Destination: London! She is scheduled to arrive in just over three weeks’ time, and will be here hosting numerous events before leaving on December 6th. Find out more about the s…