The past two days have been a full attack. From finalizing our food into 60 separate bundles, packing our sleds, and testing as much tech as possible, time seems to be slipping past very quickly. Twenty-four hour daylight definitely helps to confuse the linear perspective of viewing...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="1255" img_size="medium" alignment="center" onclick="link_image" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in" el_class="shadow"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="1253" img_size="medium" alignment="center" onclick="link_image" qode_css_animation="" qode_hover_animation="zoom_in" el_class="shadow"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] After long flights from California and Norway, half of the South Pole Energy Challenge team has arrived in Punta Arenas, the capital...
It was 2009. Facebook hadn’t exploded yet, at least not in India. I asked myself “Why Antarctica?”. I had arrived in London as a student just two months earlier and my first international flight ever was to fly to the UK that year...
Guest Blog by Helen Thew In March 2017, two members of the Bangkok Patana School community, Rebecca- a year 10 student, and I were invited to accompany polar explorer Robert Swan on his 2041 mission to Antarctica. Why “2041”? This is the year that the Treaty...
“It’s a dangerous business… going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to." - J.R.R. Tolkien Back in grade school, Antarctica was a curious white landmass at the bottom of...
Departing from Antarctica often leaves people feeling a blend of sadness and awe. After experiencing such a raw environment, it can be a hard prospect to adjust back to our ‘real’ lives and responsibilities. Eventually as time passes, and our focus shifts elsewhere, those intense...
