Team Geared Up

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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I have to admit, I haven’t been following this at all so I got this news from the Adventure Blog. The Beyond Endurance Irish team appear to have completed their expedition. All reports were that they were expected today. Can I take it from this that they did i[...] Read More »

BANGKOK, THAILAND - The Irish government has donated to the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The donation will provide them with funding to help conserve the Antarctic Base used by Irishmen Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean, early in the last century. President McAleese surprised patrons at an Ireland Fund[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Just a reminder; Robin reported a while back that RTE were making a documentary called Beyond Endurance featuring explorer Pat Falvey. Well the first of this four part series airs tomorrow night at 7pm (Tuesday 23rd October) as a group of ordinary joes attempt to fo[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Thanks to user “Crosshaven Lifeboat” for submitting a link to the personal diary of Emil Grimsson on the support crew while filming the BBC Top Gear Arctic Polar Expedition to the ‘Magnetic North Pole (1996)’. It’s a good look behind the s[...] 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 »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Top Gear Polar Special aired tonight on BBC2. It was brilliant - having been trained up by Ranulph Fiennes, Jeremy Clarkson & James May set off to drive to the North Pole in a race against Richard Hammond who set off with the traditional Sledge Dogs. Watch Vid[...] Read More »