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...
Hoping everyone is recovering from too much fun and lots of jovial time with family and friends We send big love to all of our families who afforded us the time to ski to the South Pole, but understand it is for a greater good and...
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[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://www.2041foundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/P1011043_1.mp4"][/video] Tonight I thought we would take a moment to remind ourselves WHY…the SPEC Team are skiing across Antarctica. It’s the highest, driest, coldest and windiest place on earth…east of the sun, west of the moon and south of everything else. Our mission is that...
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...
Many of the schools following us have asked for some Antarctic Trivia….here we go There are mountains under the ice - In 1958, scientists made a startling discovery under the ice in Antarctica: mountains! The Gamburstev Mountains were discovered when scientists trekking across ice two miles...
Whilst technology, communication, and content creation are key parts of this journey, it feels like this expedition is becoming more of a mind/body challenge. Whilst technology, communication, and content creation are key parts of this journey, it feels like this expedition is becoming more of a...
An incredible 14.4 nm covered today. An incredible 14.4 nm covered today. We are all tired but feeling really proud of the journey so far. We have now been skiing for 30 days. It is hard to believe. Some of us have lost a little weight...
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