Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton left them here in their way to the South Pole, at the beginning of the last century. I’ve read Scott’s biography (twice, in two different forms) and it is truly amazing that these physical objects[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE - The first scheduled passenger flight to Antarctica landed yesterday. The Australia/Hobart to the Australian Casey Station will fly weekly transporting public and scientists to the base. The first scheduled Australian passenger flight, Airbus A319, left the Australian city of Hobart the [...] Read More »

BANGKOK, THAILAND (Team Geared Up) - Ben Saunders clearly has a love of the cold. An unknown name to me until last week, I found out that Ben was the youngest person to ever ski solo to the North Pole. Born in 1977, Ben grew up in Devon, was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and liv[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This pair we previously talked about will try their hands now at skiing. Cracknell & Fogle have entered the South Pole Race. It’s not fair - I want to go to the pole too! Thanks to Eoin for dropping me the link. -Robin- (Image Credit: My signed copy of thei[...] Read More »