Every year, the people of Mauritius celebrate the Thaipusam festival towards the end of January and the beginning of February. For ten days leading up the festival, participants abstain from meat and sex, and express their devotion to the Hindu god Murugan through several rituals. One of these includes piercing multiple parts of their bodies…
We arrived at the South Pole at 8:30pm Dec 31 just in time for New Years dinner. It was a hard journey and we faced some challenging weather and poor visibility along the way, but that is what you get when you travel by ski expedition to the South Pole. This is hard and demanding…
From where I live in the Toronto, Canada area getting to Antarctica is quite a long journey. The first leg of the flight is to from to Santiago Chile. This flight is almost 11 hours from Toronto. In Santiago I will go through customs and immigration where I will need to get a Chilean Visa…
So you are thinking of signing up to ski to the South Pole are you. But you are wondering, what is a typical day like on an expedition to the South Pole. Well, have you ever seen the movie Groundhog Day? Routine is critical on a South Pole expedition. Routine creates efficiencies and helps to…
We slept well in our tents last night protected from the strong North wind by our snow block walls. None of us slept well as the surface was quite uneven and uncomfortable. Today is our last day and we hope to soon hear the drone of the Twin Otter coming to pick us up. A…
We are now safe and snug in our tents at the Isaachsen weather station. More to come on that later. The day began as the rest. Up at 6:30 am. Spark the stove. Eat, drink and pack. The wind had been high all night and the constant flapping of the tent made it difficult to…
North Pole Day 9 Last night as we slept a new weather system moved in. The tent started to shake from the wind and the clouds started to form. By morning the wind was blowing maybe 25km and visibility dropped to about 2km. We packed camp and by the time we were ready to go…
We are now camped 10km from our goal. We slept in until 6:30am and started to ski by 9:00. Last night turned out to be a pretty warm night. The clouds came in and insulated the earth and held in all the solar heat from the day. The morning was not too cold. Maybe -15…
We are sitting in the tent with wind burned faces. We decided to wake at 6:15 and work hard to be on the trail for 9:00. The sky was blue with no clouds and it was about -20 with a light head wind which dropped the windchill to around -30. We set out on hard…
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