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Tag: Polar Expeditions

  • Walking Across Frozen Lake Baikal

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    As we lay swaddled in our tent, a loud rumbling noise echoed around us. For several seconds it seemed the world was collapsing beneath us, until a decisive cracking sound ended the show, and we breathed again. A couple of years ago, Laura and I spent a week walking across a frozen Siberian lake. Here…

  • Why Tyre Dragging is the Perfect Preparation for Parenthood

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    When I was a care-free bachelor, I used to spend my spare time dragging tyres: Ostensibly, this was in preparation for a North Pole expedition which never happened. But really I think I just liked hard physical labour. After getting married, my wife and I started spending our spare time dragging tyres: Although, we were…

  • Crossing Frozen Lake Baikal (with someone you met on Facebook)

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    I started this website to help people go on adventures. I use three means to do so: Giving advice Giving money Demonstrating that expeditions don’t always need lots of time, money and expertise The article I am posting today reassures me that #3 is working. In 2009, I was part of a group that made…

  • Crossing Lake Baikal in Winter

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    In March, Laura and I travelled to Lake Baikal in Siberia to walk across its frozen surface. This blog post shares our photos. Click here to watch the video.   We started out from Olkhon Island, an area famous for Shamanism…   Before we left home, our main fear was that the ice on the…

  • On the Ice

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    As of 9am this morning, we are on our way to Russia and the shores of Lake Baikal. We will spend two weeks in Siberia, crossing the frozen surface of Lake Baikal on foot, camping on the ice. You can read the full details of what we are planning here. Our itinerary is below along…

  • Expedition to Siberia: Crossing Frozen Lake Baikal

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    Next month, Laura and I will be travelling to Siberia to walk across the frozen surface of Lake Baikal. Friends, family and colleagues often ask us what our next trip’s going to be. I don’t always have an interesting response but recently my answer’s been ‘Siberia’ and it has elicited a lot of intrigue. When…

  • Expedition Travel Insurance

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    Complete listings of all the best travel insurance companies for expeditions and adventure. Including: cycle touring, mountaineering, climbing, Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland icecap. Updated February 2020 Expedition travel insurance is a topic about which I have received a lot of emails. People struggling to get cover for trips of a long duration, particularly cycling tours,…

  • Polar 101: Everything You Need to Know About Arctic and Antarctic Expeditions

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    Well, perhaps that’s a bit of an exaggeration but here is a collection of articles that I have written about travelling in the Arctic and Antarctic. UPDATE: Download a copy of my new ebook How To Get To The North Pole now >> I’m not a polar explorer, or even a “polar adventurer”, but I…

  • How To: Get to the South Pole

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    THIS ARTICLE:  Details how you can complete an expedition to the South Pole. It gives a brief history of Antarctic exploration, explains the four different South Poles and how you find the ‘coast’ of Antarctic. It explores different options for getting there from the South Pole Race and Ice Marathon to Last Degree, skiing and…

  • What Adventures Are Left?

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    An excellent, thoughtful and well-researched article appeared on the BBC News website this week which posed the question: What adventures are left? I would highly recommend you read it. I sent in my comments in response but they’ll probably never see the light of day so thought I’d add them here too… 1. Winter North…

  • The Language of Polar Expeditions

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    Polar expeditions almost have a language of their own. Below are a few key terms that will help put Arctic travel in context: [divide] [box type=”note” bg=”#ebebeb” color=”#111″ font=”arial” fontsize=”13″ border=”#a6a6a6″ head=”How To Get To The North Pole” headbg=”#21417b” headcolor=”#fff”] This is an edited excerpt from the How To Get To The North Pole chapter…

  • Navigation at the North Pole

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    You might think that if you want to get to the North Pole, you could simply follow your compass which always points north. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Below are a few navigational aids commonly used on the Arctic Ocean. UPDATE: Download a copy of my new ebook How To Get To The North Pole…