More questions answered today from the team whilst eating their breakfast
1. Alright chaps, I suppose you are using GPS for your navigation? Is there any accuracy or signal issues?? Good luck!
Edge
Richard answered – We are actually not using GPS to navigate but the old fashioned way of a compass, however saying that, we do register our destination coordinates each evening via GPS using the Iridium Phones – this in turn automatically updates what you see on our website. We do however use the GPS to recalibrate the compass each night.
2. Hi boys, great work. you guys are amazing.. And I truly mean that. Can you describe the sky in great detail? Are there Auroras in Antarctica?
Stay safe!!
Lily
Andrew answered - Lily – 24 hours of sunlight here in the summery South Pole, so night time pretty much looks like daytime; the only changes is the weather formation of the clouds and the sun circling around us. Daylight all the time is fairly disconcerting especially when you wake up in the middle of the night and it’s still sunny! The clouds are not all white and fluffy like back at home in the US/UK. Due to the arctic winds the clouds are long and thin, most of the time the colour of dirty dishwater or a t-shirt which has been washed too many times. The sky is a brilliant bright blue.
3. Hi from the north of Spain!, I’m following your steps every day, your adventure is awesome, thanks for letting us share this with you!
I have a couple of questions:
a. Are you following the same track as Amundsen Scott’s expeditions?
Richard answered – No both Amundsen and Scott started their expeditions from the Ross ice shelf to the south pole, we started from the Filschner Ice shelf following a route taken by Italian mountaineer and explorer Reinhold Messner and Arved Fuchs in 1989/1990
b. This question is for Alan: I’m blind since birth and I love the north and South Pole, but I wonder about the sound of the place. Is it silent? Or does the wind disturb the sound of that emptiness? Can you describe it?
Alan answered – When you are walking there is the constant noise of the wind hitting your clothes the skis through the snow and ice and the pulks behind you. When you stop and there is little wind it is silent – I would liken it to a library with a very strict no noise policy!
Keep going!
Ania
Keep those questions coming!!
Hay Alan, has the skiing on chair 6 @ Kirkwood come in handy yet? Sure hope to see you upon your return so I can get all the details. I’m proud of you.