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Tag: Polar Expeditions

  • Cold Water Therapy (This Is The Serpentine)

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    Stupid. I should have known that late October was not a good time to go cycling in sandals but I’d come back from holiday the night before and hadn’t adjusted my thermostat. It is cold. To make matters worse, the first three miles are all downhill, littered with traffic lights and choked with commuters so…

  • 7 Things I Learned from Lewis Pugh’s Talk Last Week

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    Having recently become a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, I am now able attend their great selection of members’ event. One recent such event was a talk by Lewis Gordon Pugh about his swim at the North Pole. It was an entertaining presentation about a great feat but it also set my mind racing…

  • How To: Get to the North Pole

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    This article was first published in 2010. It has since been used by tens of thousands and made into a full book. [divide] How to Get to the North Pole ebook [one_third] [/one_third] [two_third_last] “The perfect resource” – Bear Grylls “An excellent book” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes “The bible for polar planning” – Conrad Dickinson,…

  • I Didn’t Win

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    Just a quick one to let you know that I wasn’t one of the winners in the British Airways ‘Great Britons’ competition last week. I was shortlisted to win flights for my Olympics-themed South Pole expedition but evidently did not get enough votes. Part of me felt silly for scrabbling around so desperately to gather…

  • Please say nice things about me (so I can get to the South Pole)

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    Voting ends tomorrow in the competition for which I’ve been shortlisted. Hopefully you have already voted for me but, if not, I’d be very grateful if you’d take 30-seconds out of your day to do so. Only two candidates go through but the website indicates it’s not based on votes alone but rather a more…

  • 10 Tips For Your First Polar Expedition

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    This article is written by Helen Turton who has skied across Greenland and been to both Poles on more than one occasion. We’ve worked together on quite a few trips, most recently the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition, and she has been a constant source of information for me on all things polar. She thus seemed…

  • Can you help me get to the South Pole? (Takes two minutes!)

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    Would you give two minutes of your time to help me get to the South Pole? I have been short-listed for a British Airways ‘Great Briton’ Award. If I get enough votes then they will provide me and my team mates with flights to South America to begin our journey to the Pole. As you…

  • An Introduction to Arctic Exploration – Part III

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    Unclip harnesses. Unstrap boots from skis. Unzip pulk bags and unpack tent. A good camping routine can be the highlight of any adventurer’s day (OK, it can be the highlight of my day) but there is nothing quite like the ritual of preparing a campsite in Svalbard. First you dig a platform of snow. This…

  • An Introduction to Arctic Exploration – Part II

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    First stop? The rifle range. “100 yards… 80 yards… 60 yards…! 50 yards”, and the air fills with screeches, pops and, finally, a booming noise that wrenches your gut and shakes the ground as smoke trickles from the barrel, the rifle’s wry acknowledgement of its attention grabbing action as the imaginary bear gets too close…

  • An Introduction to Arctic Exploration – Part I

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    I’ll admit to being a little confused. It’s to be expected after any international flights – losing track of time as you cross different zones and spend infeasible periods in queues and uncomfortable seats – but I’m pretty sure it should be dark by now. Stepping out of the airport gates the first thing that…

  • Three British Olympic Athletes skiing to the South Pole

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    I ran an advert a couple of months ago looking for a British Olympian to join an expedition to the South Pole that I’m organising to coincide with the London 2012 Games. Well, I actually got quite a bit of interest from an exciting range of athletes and have finally picked one. Specifically, Derek Redmond.…

  • Olympian Wanted for South Pole Expedition

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    Owing to a recent change of circumstance, a British Olympic Athlete is sought to join an expedition to the South Pole to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. The successful candidate will join a Paralympian and a Special Olympics Athlete in a project which aims to reinforce some key messages of London 2012 – Participation,…