May 17 2006
T – 30 mins
Helicopter is due in 30 mins. Hopefully next time you hear from us we’ll be on the ice!
Archive for May, 2006
May 16 2006
A department store in the Netherlands deals with its shoplifters slightly differently. (via kottke).
May 16 2006
In Greenland
We touched down this morning in Kulusuk East Greenland and immediately made our way over to the helicopter taking us to Tasiilaq. We went, but our kit didn’t as the helicopter was overloaded. We are now waiting for the rest of the kit to turn up tomorrow. Good news is that we have seen our [...]
May 15 2006
Foiled again!
When I was managing Ben’s solo expedition in 2004, we were stuck in Khatanga, a town that is best described as the armpit of Northern Siberia. Each day we would head for the airport in the hope that the vodka-fuelled disagreements between the owners of the helicopters and the pilots had resolved themselves. On the [...]
May 15 2006
Closer to Greenland
We got the all clear this morning for a flight into Greenland at midday. It’s hard to say how I am feeling at this point so I will let John Masefield have a go for me.
“I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear [...]
May 14 2006
With their natural habitat disappearing fast, polar bears seem to have been trying different ways to speed up their evolutionary response. Hunters near Iqaluit have managed to shoot a hybrid polar-grizzly bear, the first recorded in the wild. Well, at least it was until they killed the poor thing.
May 14 2006
Semi-dazed days
Ben and I touched down from New York early on Wednesday morning knowing that between us we had two days to attend six different meetings, give two speeches, MC an awards ceremony, hire an assistant and pack everything we would need for a month-long unsupported training expedition to Greenland.
To say that we were not approaching [...]
May 14 2006
In a moment of genius, the BBC mistook a cabbie with a strong French accent for the Editor of Newswireless.net and proceeded to interview him about the Apple/Beatles court case. Read the story and then watch the video, the poor bloke’s face when he realises what he has got himself into pretty much made my [...]
May 14 2006
I’m a few days late on this, but the Fat Man Walking has finished his trek across America, walking more than 3,000 miles, going through fifteen pairs of shoes and losing 100 pounds. Well done Steve!
May 14 2006
Becoming a quadriplegic after a car accident and having an unpronounceable name doesn’t seem to have slowed Brad Zdanivsky down much. His site charts his climbing adventures and shows that once again mental willpower trumps pretty much everything.