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Thanks to Tundra Electronics for keeping our tech warm
We’re super happy to welcome Tundra Electronics as a kit partner for our Polar Dogs Antarctica Expedition next year!! Tundra makes patented, military-grade active heated cases…
Crevasse rescue training in Chamonix
Back from my first time being dropped into – and climbing out of – a crevasse. 3 days of crevasse rescue training up at just under…
Ski technique training in Norway
Back from 3 days of cross-country ski lessons in Oslo after our training expedition on the plateau to get us more efficient for our 2,000km Antarctica…
The weather got the memo ☀️
After 8 days of dragging our sleds through clouds, a blizzard, whiteouts, and a hailstorm, the weather got the memo. We had a perfect day of…
We’re back! 8 days around the Hardangervidda
We’re back from our first polar training expedition as our Polar Dogs Antarctica Expedition team! 8 days around Norway’s Hardangervidda Plateau. Most of the week we…
Today was a hard day
Today was a hard day. It started off with really steep hills, when we tried skiing up alone, even zig zagging, our sleds dragged us back…
In Norway for our first training expedition together
I’m back in Norway. This time with Ben Weber for my first unguided expedition in a polar environment, and our first together as part of training…
What do polar explorers eat?!
People always ask what I eat on polar training trips and what we’ll eat on our Polar Dogs Antarctica Expedition. I leave tomorrow back to Norway…
Heading back out again
It has been a long time since I reached the South Pole – more than three years… time flies! About one week after I landed back…
Back from my first polar expedition!
Back from a week-long polar expedition in the Arctic, training for our Polar Dogs Antarctica Expedition 🇦🇶. My first time sleeping and cooking in a tent…
Week 1 of polar survival training, done 🙂
Finished week 1 of a 2 week polar survival /expedition training course 🙂 I’ve learnt so much and feel a lot more confident about our 2,100km…
Icy water and bear fences
Today on our polar survival training course: crossing icy water and building a bear fence (Arctic survival). My getting out of icy water in massive dry…