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Day One

“Day one  ahhh…as things started out and we got a chase of energy … when we left Hercules Inlet and started snow shoeing……. the wind was very strong…. all day long… and of course got….. seals, very...

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End of the Crevasses

“Today was a great day, we went out with just the intention of still building our mileage and getting used to, you know dragging these sleds, and and keeping moving, so we didn’t, we didn’t knock...

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Day 3

“Day three, fifteen point one nautical miles, twenty eight kilometers roughly covered today. Ahhh…. today was spectacular, the weather was perfect. Ahhhummm. We started our day with a really long...

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Thank you

Ray wanted me to thank Iridium and Rhodes communication for all their help. Their generous sponsorship has made all of these blogs and messages possible. Not to mention keeping the crew in touch with...

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Day 5 Almost 30 kilometers

“Today was fantastic, we covered fifteen point nine nautical miles. Which is approximately thirty kilometers, twenty nine and a half kilometers…. You know right in the range that we want to be at this...

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16 more nautical miles (30 kms) closer to the south pole !!

“Ummm today was another great day, we had a bit of wind, ummm but it was basically the same slogging uphill in deep snow and I continued with just my boots today, which you can see from the photo that...

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Day 7 Another 15.5 Nautical miles close to the South Pole

Today Richard Webber did all of his navigation using a compass. Due to the whiteout conditions there we no other navigations aids available. Ususally he uses visual clues plus the position of the sun...

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Pretty pictures and not so pretty pictures

“Umm. hi everybody, this is Kevin from the South Pole Quest Expedition. Ummm, ahhh, today I’d like to discuss ahh, sort of ahh, one of the things I have a real passion for during this trip. Ahhh.. and...

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