Anonymous Donation
The entire Coldest Journey team would like to say a huge thank you to the very generous anonymous donor who recently gave £2,000 to expedition charity, Seeing is Believing, Combined with match-funding from Standard Chartered and gift aid, this amounts to £4,500 for the charity – that’s enough to carry out more than 300 cataract operations on children and adults across the developing world.
We now have 9,500+ likes on our Facebook page. This is a great following and we would like to thank everyone who follows us on Facebook, Twitter and this website for your on-going enthusiasm and support, which is invaluable. On days like today when the team is stuck in a ferocious blizzard it must be easy for them to see themselves as a tiny dot on a huge, barren and deadly landscape. For them to…
Chairman Speaks of Tremendous Pride for Remaining Five
Tony Medniuk, The Coldest Journey chairman, said he was “tremendously proud” of the Ice Team’s unanimous decision to carry on after Sir Ranulph Fiennes developed second stage frostbite in his left hand. He said he was profoundly disappointed for Ran and the team, but that the contingency planning that had followed on had been excellent.”Don’t be under any illusions of the hardship and t…
Ran Speaks to the Press
Within the last few minutes, Sir Ranulph Fiennes said at a press conference that he was “very frustrated” at being back in the UK six months before the Ice Team was even meant to finish the first winter traverse of Antarctica. “But I am not good at crying over spilt milk – or spilt fingers,” he said. “It is extremely frustrating. I have been working on this full time and unpaid for five years.”…
Rob Lambert Interview
Sir Ranulph Fiennes is due to arrive back in England tomorrow morning before heading into a press conference with the world’s media. Ahead of this event, expedition doctor Rob Lambert answered some questions for the press about Ran’s condition and what his departure means for the rest of the team and the expedition as a whole. His answers were as follows: Did you help Ran when t…
The Long and Winding Road
The Ice Team have been pinned in the same position since days before Ran left because of terrible whiteout conditions. The weather broke just long enough for Ran’s collection, but other than that progress has been all but non-existent. The current camp is poised at the bottom of an extremely difficult 7km-long section of terrain which demands reasonable conditions to assess and cross safely.
Sir Ranulph Issues Statement to the Press
With the Ice Team getting on with their task at hand on the ice, Ran was today getting on with his task at hand – namely, his hand. After arriving safely in Cape Town this morning he was whisked away to an undisclosed medical facility for assessment and treatment. He is now recuperating in private until his return to the UK. Earlier today he released the following statement:”I have undergone a…
Video Footage of Ran’s Departure
It’s been a busy day on the ice today. Click on the links below to catch up with some of the news as it happened. Sir Ranulph Fiennes tells Ian Prickett he is “not happy at all” to be leaving the expedition’s Ice Team after such a long tim…
“Ice Team Back On Track as Sir Ranulph Fiennes Embarks on Lonely Voyage Home”
By Hugh Bowing. After what seems like an eternity waiting for the weather to improve, Ran was finally able to begin his long journey home in the early hours of this morning. Despite winds still up at around 20knots and temperatures at -18c, he set off with a team from the Belgian International Polar Foundation who had managed to reach the Ice Train at around 6am their time (8am GMT). The plan on…
Ran Starts Long Journey Home
Sir Ranulph Fiennes was been picked up from the Ice Train’s overnight camp this morning by the Belgians from Princess Elisabeth Station and is on his way there now. Weather permitting he will be flown to Novo later today, and once there will await a further flight to take him to Cape Town. In a fond farewell to his teammates today he told them he was unhappy to be leaving them on the ice. We w…
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