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As we sat the chill of a Spring evening crept over us. Coinciding with the setting sun the bird song notched up in volume and variety, surrounding us with an orchestra. A woodpecker hammered away close by, Julie got a … Continue reading →

Our Journey’s Nick Peres has kindly edited our expedition footage creating a beautiful video. It gives a different pace to my video showing another face to the complex nature of the expedition and both videos compliment each other.

It’s taken some time, but finally I have finished the expedition video. As opposed to the other videos I have posted this one covers the expedition in it’s entirety and hopefully will give you some idea of the different problems … Continue reading →

When it comes to Arctic wildlife – one thinks of the polar bear. A truly formidable creature: up to 3m tall when standing upright, weighing up to 700kg whilst being able to sprint up to 25mph. You may have already … Continue reading →

Everything is about survival whilst living at -25C. Setting up and packing up camp is both a skill and an art to get right. We dance around the obstacles of time and weather, tiredness and grogginess to put the show … Continue reading →

The last day of the expedition had arrived. I couldn’t believe it had come. Two weeks previously, with all the uncertainties and potential dangers ahead, I would have traded places with this day in a blink of an eye – … Continue reading →

“You touched a baby polar bear?!??” is the first question that I’m asked now. This is followed straight away by “didn’t the mother take offense to that?” And by ‘take offense’ they mean that “didn’t mother polar bear swipe her … Continue reading →

PENNY ICE CAP EXPEDITION – PRESS RELEASE On Wednesday 11th May, Vijay Shah with team mates Antony Jinman and Duncan Eadie returned to the UK following a polar expedition on Baffin Island. They have become the first British team to … Continue reading →

A newspaper article in the Plymouth Herald last week:

After 18 days on the ice, skiing over 250km with air temperatures down to -25C, winds upto 70km/h, we completed the traverse of the Penny Ice Cap opening up a new access point in the process. We overcame polar bears, … Continue reading →