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 Watching the midnight sun on Pine Island Glacier one of the fastest moving glaciers in Antarctica this glacier puts more ice into the sea than any other.We flew in to set up a field camp for scientists who are trying to find why the glacier is speeding up.The camp is 3000ft above sea level.   -30 plus wind chill made for a cold stay and waking up in the morning with ice around the opening of my...

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      It doesn't matter how old you are sledging is always fun so give it ago , have a laugh. You can use anything from a plastic tray to a large plastic bag. Check out this short videohttp://my.videoegg.com/video/ezOWuC

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 This is a map of Antarctica and it shows the flow rate of the ice on the continent. The scale is blue 0 to white 1000meters per year.The ice is over 2 miles thick in places and for every meter it advances to the sea the same amount falls in to the sea and melts away if this trend continues to speed up ,which it seems to be, then sea levels will rise.I hope this...

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 A great days Gully climb on Badger Buttress.Remember when out and about that at this time the hole in the Ozone is at its largest, so far more UVB rays get through.So wear sunscreen. 

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 Boating is another pass time down here in the south. Its amazing to think that the ice in these burgs is thousands of years old.When the sea Ice forms in winter and the burg is grounded they make great Ice climbs unfortunatly in my winter the sea ice although over 1 meter thick did not stay around due to a large storm.But hey theres plenty more to do.    On this journey out an Adelie Penguin jumped...

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When snow boarding in extreme places safety should always be paramount.  Snow conditions, weather, exit plan and equipment should always be taken.Here in Antarctica we always snowboard with a harness and rack on, each person in the party will carry the same so in the event of some one going down a slot or over a cliff an immediate rescue can be carried out.  We carry a Z pulley set up with either snow stakes...

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  Everyone goes on about the out door skills and traditions being lost be different tribes and civilisations around the world but we seem to be forgetting our own. I have three children two boys and a girl. When home we are always out either climbing building shelters swimming in the river/lochs etc. I find my self-taking a lot of their friends with us as they never do any outdoors survival things with their parents....

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 For those who are lucky enough to live, work or holiday where there glaciers I would highly recommend spending some time in a crevasse (safely of course). Icicles 6 foot long and 8 inches thick by the hundred and if you just sit and listen you’ll hear the glacier creaking and cracking as it moves, it’s a sound you’ll never forget. A vast array of tunnels and caverns all a shade of blue almost neon....

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A good part of my job in Antarctica is the fact you get to go on two expeditions of your choice into the field, so for my first expedition I decided to go climbing/ice climbing on a nunatack about 40km away from base over a large crevasse field. As you can see by the photo the conditions were not perfect -62 some strong catabatic winds, but in true British Antarctic style we made the most...

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