travel

  • Antarctica: Preparations and delays

    Antarctica: Preparations and delays

    The journey to Punta Arenas It has been a long couple of weeks or so. On the 28th October, I started the journey south from Inverness, making sure to have a couple…

  • Greenland Part 4: Leaving DYE2 behind

    Greenland Part 4: Leaving DYE2 behind

    After DYE2 we had a few more days of skiing slowly uphill before it was pretty much flat for a while, and we eventually started the slow and almost imperceptible descent towards…

  • Boots ‘n Bindings

    Boots ‘n Bindings

    Getting boots for polar expeditions is not entirely simple – you have to consider the warmth of the boots of course, but you also have to consider the bindings that will let…

  • Thinking about the gear

    Thinking about the gear

    So much gear to think about and to get for journeys like these… got to get the right skis and bindings; polar boots that are compatible with the bindings… base layers, mid…

  • Welcome to my blog!

    Welcome to my blog!

    Thanks for visiting this site! Over the next few weeks and months I will be updating it with news about my training for the forthcoming Greenland Expedition (and training in New Delhi…