As we continue to climb up to the Polar Plateau we want to highlight the incredible support we have from our partners and without whom we would never have been able to make this journey a reality. Each supporter was handpicked by Robert to ensure...
All’s well here in camp. Another long day but no wind….which makes us extremely happy and we did our second longest day of the trek so far. The cloud cover is causing the light to be flat so we stumble and fall on several occasion. But we...
[video width="704" height="576" mp4="https://www.2041foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/EdelmanPR_SkyNews_28_12_2017_09_51.mp4"][/video] Rob talking to the media today and before he left for the Expedition....
A rough one today with the sastrugi getting the better of us. The mileage is dropping but the effort is full on. It takes all our energy to get through these days. The journey is all uphill and we were walking into a head wind as...
We are gaining altitude with each passing day. However it is not a straight up hill. We are crawling are way across giant waves in the glacier. It is always daunting to see a big rise growing on the horizon, knowing that we have to go...
I am now in base camp and monitoring the SPEC Expedition Team closely. I thought we would take break from the boys today and share some weird information about renewable energy that you may now know. While we are using solar and bio fuels on the...
Travelled 10.75 nm today/ It may not seem too much but it was a really strenuous day. It’s all uphill now and dragging this heavy sled behind really take a toll on the muscles. . We will continue to climb uphill another 1500 meters as we...
Not much update today. We are re packed, well fed, well rested and ready for the journey ahead. Lots of long discussions today about logistics, distance and the time we have remaining. We must increase our the number of nautical miles we travel each day, starting tomorrow in...
We have reached Thiel Mountains late this evening. We are half way to the South Pole. It is a great feeling, to know that we have reached this milestone. We travelled 8.8 nm today with some additional stops to test and record some of the...