Slugs crawl first into CP3 Published: Tuesday 26th April 2011 14:30 The Slugs conquered the weather and were first into CP3 located just north of King Christen Island at 17.20 local time. As team member Lucy Maizels said: “It is blowing a hooley here and it is freezing but it is Brilliant” Her other team Read More…
News from the Polar Race Organisers…. Communications Restored Published: Monday 25th April 2011 14:30 All came through “loud and clear” last night as the teams moved out of the “communications dead pocket” and have been making some serious inroads into the distance between them and the Pole. They have all been doing some 20 mile Read More…
Left CP2 yesterday afternoon. Time is getting tight to reach the Pole in time! Jo. News from the Support Team…. In the rubble Published: Thursday 22th April 2011 16:30 The Racers are making their way through the rough old ice that always forms just North of Bathurst Island. The photo was taken on the mini-expedition Read More…
News from the Support Team: Race Restarts Anxious to be on their way and make sure they make the Pole the teams have opted for a 15.00 hours start (local time) today from Checkpoint 2 just south of Cator Harbour on their way to Checkpoing 3 just North of King Christian Island. They are over Read More…
Dear All, Thanks for the comments; I can’t log onto the website – as takes too much phone time. It was really nice to read all the messages & know so many people are thinking of me. Will keep me going through the tough bits (& there are lots of them!) Best regards Jo
Our second night out on the ice was marginally warmer, but I hunkered down much better, so didn’t get as cold, and got a better nights sleep. I have attached a picture of me in my sleeping bag from this morning – not great quality, but you can see how wrapped up I am and Read More…
After lunch, Polar Slugs spent some time doing tasks for the actual race, which starts next Tues. Sorting out food for each of the legs, toilet roll, clean pants (LOL), treats etc. We then packed up our pulks ready for another night out, further away from base camp. Jock issued us with our phones and Read More…
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