Today we made the final few miles to our final cache. We are at 88.13s. Tonight I get the special treatment and spend the night in the bachelor tent. A little more space is such an indulgence on this Expedition.It is still blowing 20knots outside and it seems...
Today a flight left Punta Arenas, Chile bound for Union Glacier, Antarctica. Aboard the flight are 6 intrepid explorers who will join Robert and the SPEC Team to ski the Last Degree with them to the Geographic South Pole. Tonight I would like to introduce you to two...
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...
Well, as you might imagine, we are getting fairly tired of our standard rations. But tonight for Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve for all those that don’t have Scottish descendants!). It’s been another long day but tonight we’re looking forward to enjoying a small dram of whisky...
We skied 9.6nm today and today was another tough day. We skied 9.6nm today and today was another tough day. No contrast, lots of wind and everything directly into our faces. We are stronger with the amount of exercise we do every day but Antarctica continues...
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...
