Pole cannot be fixed as the ice is continuously moving, whereas a marker at the South Pole can be fixed and moves only fractionally. Therefore it is possible to …
Pam prepares a delicious meal for us, steaks, sweetcorn, mushrooms, potatoes, followed by several kinds of cookies, Canadian style. This is washed down by punch, orange juice and coffee. …
Many Happy Returns At the hotel I am met by Fay and Sue who are waiting to take me to the airport. Right to the very end, as befits …
The luggage is loaded on to a trailer attached to a snow tractor and it trundles off at a leisurely pace to the actual camp. We set off in …
Vivian Fuchs made the first surface crossing of the Antarctic in 1957 58 leading the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Fuchs set out on 24 November 1957 from Shackleton Base on …
The first woman to visit Antarctica was Caroline Mikkelsson, the wife of a Norwegian whaling captain, when she stepped ashore at Vestford Hills. Edith Ronnie and Jennifer Darlington were …
After an even earlier false start, Amundsen finally set off across the ice shelf on 19 October 1911, with 48 dogs, 5 men, and 4 sledges. Scott was unable …
The enormity of the task that faced those endeavouring to sail southwards and the overwhelming odds against success mostly turned thoughts of further exploration to other areas, particularly again …
Many creatures and plant life have longer lives compared to those in warmer climates and grow at a slower rate. This is connected with the way in which creatures …
During that week she had made good 690 miles towards New York, and as a result at the end of the fourth week I was only 865 miles from …