Category Archives: Antarctica 2018

Day Four: 43 miles travelled, 672 miles remaining Liv Arnesen is an Antarctic legend. The Norwegian explorer was the first woman to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole, making worldwide headlines as she finished the gruelling distance in 50 days. Now, as Jenny follows in her footsteps on the frozen continent, Liv had some motivating words and […]

Day Three: 33 miles travelled, 682 miles remaining Today I passed Three Sails, an evenly spaced row of three nunataks mostly submerged in snow. The range lies 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of Haven Mountain at the northwest edge of the Britannia Range and marked the point where I was due to make a slight left to aim for […]

Day Two: 22 miles travelled, 682 miles remaining I knew there would be whiteouts during my expedition. Whiteouts are when the wind whips up the snow, causing blizzards that erase the horizon and create a wall of blurred snow that effectively reduces visibility to zero. I’d mentally prepared for them, knew I’d experience them, but the reality of […]

Day One: 11 miles travelled, 704 miles remaining Well, not here! My route to the South Pole is uphill the entire way. Starting at Hercules Inlet, climbing 500 metres sharply before levelling out a little and then a slightly more gentle climb all the way from there. Today was brutal. The 20-25 knots wind blasted at […]

I had finally arrived at Hercules Inlet, the coastline of Antarctica and the official starting point for my unsupported and unassisted solo ski to the South Pole. There were busy few days at base camp, with final preparations and meetings with ALE staff to complete, but the main thing on my mind was the big […]

WE MADE IT! On 5th December at 17.15 Chilean time, we successfully reached the top of the bottom of the world, the highest point in Antarctica and one the Seven Summits – the largest mountains on each of the seven continents. We have conquered Mount Vinson (4892 metres). Saturday 1st December We had several days […]

Goodbye high winds and hello Low Camp! The weather forecast had much improved so we headed up towards Low Camp, an 800m altitude gain and around a 5hr of roped glacier travel. We left once the sun was hitting most of the route up so we could benefit from a warmer hike up. The temperature […]

Today we’re staying at base camp due to incoming storms higher up the mountain – the 39 knot winds don’t sound pleasant. We had a relaxed day in camp, practicing some rope work and carving out some ice blocks. The camp is on a glacier that is moving downhill around 15-20m a year and, as we’re […]

Not much sleep for me last night, I’m just too excited and also thinking through what lies ahead. I slept in a very comfortable camping bed which I’m trying to savour as the next month of sleeping arrangements won’t be anything close to this luxury. The 24-hour daylight takes some getting used to, but the […]