Spectre Expedition, signing off! Date = 10/1/2018 Day 50 (Expedition) Day 57 (Antarctica) Location = UNION GLACIER !!! Coordinates  - S79 45.712, W82 51.383’ Altitude = 715m Temperature =  -15C Wind speed / direction = 5-20 S. Windchill = - 20C Distance travelled = 48km Distance remaining = 0km True to form our final day of the trip proved to be far from easy! At 5am it was…

Just over that hill (and past those crevasses) Date = 8/1/2018 Day 48 (Expedition) Day 55 (Antarctica) Location = Horse Shoe valley Coordinates  - S80 2.924’, W82 8.526’ Altitude = 1032m Temperature =  -15C Wind speed / direction = 5-10 S. white out Windchill = - 20C Distance travelled = 31km Distance remaining = 59km Will this be the last time I wake to this view? We had our…

Final Irony Date = 7/1/2018 Day 47 (Expedition) Day 54 (Antarctica) Location = Horse Shoe valley Coordinates  - S80 16.485’, W81 14.171’ Altitude = 800m Temperature =  -15C Wind speed / direction = 0-5 S. white out Windchill = - 18C Distance travelled = 0km Distance remaining = 90km Whiteout. After an hour of sun and light wind as we had breakfast, a wall of white approached from…

Last Corner Date = 6/1/2018 Day 46 (Expedition) Day 53 (Antarctica) Location = Horse Shoe valley Coordinates  - S80 16.485’, W81 14.171’ Altitude = 800m Temperature =  -12C Wind speed / direction = 15-25 knot S Windchill = - 20C Distance travelled = 160km Distance remaining = 90km The team turning the corner into Horse Shoe Valley What a day! This morning we did a solid 5 hours…

Yes, yes, yes! 201km!!! Date = 5/1/2018 Day 45 (Expedition) Day 52 (Antarctica) Location = Thiel plateau Coordinates  - S81 38.123’, W80 06.266’ Altitude = 782m Temperature =  -15C Wind speed / direction = 15-20 knot S Windchill = - 20C Distance travelled = 201km Distance remaining = 250km We started off in nasty rock hard sastrugi thinking it was going to be a tough day. We…

The promised wind... Date = 3/1/2018 Day 43 (Expedition) Day 50 (Antarctica) Location = Thieil plateau Coordinates  - S84 24.895’, W80 35.513’ Altitude = 1920m Temperature =  -14C Wind speed / direction = 15-20 knot SSE Windchill = - 24C Distance travelled = 180km (plus 55km from 02/01/18) Distance remaining = 560km Finally our wind arrived and took us not, just out of no man’s…

Hot cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner, oh and did I mention sauna and hot tub.. Date = 1/1/2018 Day 42 (Expedition) Day 48 (Antarctica) Location = No man’s land Coordinates  - S86 28.559’, W88 31.867’ Altitude = 1920m Temperature =  -20C Wind speed / direction = 6-10 knot ESE Windchill = - 20C Distance travelled = 20km Distance remaining = 795km Not the best light to kite in...…

Happy 2018 Date = 31/12/2017 Day 41 (Expedition) Day 47 (Antarctica) Location = No man’s land Coordinates  - S86 37.792’, W90 10.171’ Altitude = 2055m Temperature =  -20C Wind speed / direction = 6-10 knot ESE Windchill = - 24C Distance travelled = 33km Distance remaining = 815km Happy new year from the doldrums of no man’s land, Antarctica! We dubbed this region No Man’s land…

Stagnant Date = 30/12/2017 Day 40 (Expedition) Day 46 (Antarctica) Location = No man’s land Coordinates  - S86 51.931’, W93 19.887’ Altitude = 2249m Temperature =  -24C Wind speed / direction = 3-8 knot E, White out Windchill = - 25C Distance travelled = 0km Distance remaining = 848km Jean cooking up a storm in a storm! Starting to get little tired of our menu after 40 days but…