All the 2011 Polar Racers are now back home! Rob, Lucy, Lee and the checkpoint crew, who narrowly missed the plane back with the rest of us had to spend a further night on the ice. They all piled into one tent (five in a four man tent must have been very cozy), and drank Read More…
I am writing this email on a very small plane from Deer Bay, back to Resolute Bay. We have had a very challenging week or 2! You should have got my update for leg two, as I was leaving Check Point 3, where things all started to go a bit wrong!! Due to various reasons, Read More…
News from the Polar Race Team Published: Friday 29th April 2011 13:30 Congratulations to Jo, Lucy & Rob!! The first team (Slugs) arrived at 01:54 yesterday morning, the second (Internationals) followed on closely at 05.00. Once again all our teams have made it to the Pole. All are in good health and enjoying the moment. Read More…
We are on the home run – and hopefully by Friday will reach the North Pole. Here’s a few more images of the journey so far….. Click here to see full article
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…
Hey – we made it in first to checkpoint 2!!!! News from the Race Organisers…. Reversing the result of the first leg. Team Slugs (Jo Winchcombe, Lucy Maizels and Rob MacAllister) were first into Checkpoint 2 at the end of the second leg which started from Polaris. They finished at 18.53 local time Tuesday 19th. Read More…
Here we go…. off on the 2nd leg of the race.
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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