A World First - Youngest Father & Son on Geographic North Pole -Interview with Ollie Chambers, Age 9, First Published Here !

April 19, 2010 | Filed Under 2010 NEWS, Education, On the Ice | No Comments

The story has now spread around the planet - Read the Press Coverage from the UK to Norway to China:
Mail Online: http://bit.ly/brS1Uk

e-Metro: http://bit.ly/b3cJva

This is Bristol (Evening Post) http://bit.ly/c6yA3k
Norweigan Press - http://bit.ly/acsAOg
Chinese Press - http://bit.ly/9c8vUu
Black Sea, Turkey - http://bit.ly/b8GjAK

Richard Hale from the Feet of Green team based in Bristol took the opportunity to interview Ollie Chambers, age 9 on the […]

Father & Son (Alan & Ollie Chambers) Reach the North Pole

April 19, 2010 | Filed Under 2010 NEWS, Education, On the Ice | No Comments

Stop Press: Father and Son (Alan and Ollie Chambers MBE) reached the North Pole on 17th April 2010
10 years after Alan Chambers and Charlie Paton became the first Britons to reach the Geographic North Pole walking unassisted from Canada, Alan has returned with his son Ollie Chambers aged 9. This again is a remarkable first […]

Alan leads group to the South Pole - January 2009…

January 14, 2009 | Filed Under On the Ice | 1 Comment

if you are a follower of Feet of Green you may have wondered what we have been up to recently - here is a quick update - we have been working on securing sponsorship for what we think will be an amazing adventure - taking a group of school students to the geographic North Pole. […]

Come and Welcome Alan & Peter Home Today - Bristol Airport 16:55

June 3, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 7 Comments

We are very pleased to announce that Alan and Peter are today on the final leg of their journey home. They will be catching a flight from Reykjavik in Iceland to Bristol via Amsterdam flying into Bristol Airport at 16:55 on KLM Airline flight KL1053.
Everyone is welcome to come along to the airport to cheer […]

Getting Alan and Peter Home - Latest as at 2nd June

June 3, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 2 Comments

UPDATE: Monday 2nd June 17:00 UK time.
Alan and Peter had a last minute cancellation opportunity and ended up getting the 1400 hrs flight today from Kulusuk to Reykjavik. We have now booked them on the Reykjavic flight to Amsterdam tomorrow morning and then from Amsterdam to Bristol arriving 16.55 at Bristol airport. There […]

Ice Log - 31st May 2008

May 31, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 1 Comment

I have received this report from Alan and Peter on today’s activities in Isortorq
“We have been helping the local community clear up some of the waste that is lying around everywhere and were rewarded with coffee and biscuits in one of their houses so we passed a few hours on this on Saturday.
However the sea […]

BBC Radio Bristol Feet of Green Update 31st May 2008

May 31, 2008 | Filed Under Education, On the Ice | No Comments

Click below for the BBC Radio Bristol interview where I provided an update on the Feet of green expedition and our efforts to get Alan and Peter out of Greenland. Nothing more to report on that yet but I am in regular communications and will keep the website updates as soon as I have any […]

DELAY: Alan and Peter’s homecoming latest planned arrival is Saturday into Bristol Airport from Amsterdam arriving at 16.55

May 28, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 1 Comment

Homecoming

UPDATE AT 13:00 HRS UK TIME 28th MAY 2008

Unfortunately Alan and Peter are currently stuck in the remote outpost of Isortoq in Greenland (Photographs below and in the On the Ice gallery section) which is where they were taken by the dogs as the las leg of their journey off the ice. They had […]

Many thanks from Alan & Peter to Great British Mobility Group

May 26, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 1 Comment

I have spoken to Alan and Peter this evening and they are guests with the local police chief who is also the hunter, and his wife, so are relieved that they are being fed this evening as they had not expected to still be in Isortoq. More photos in the On the Ice Gallery above […]

Coming Off the Ice - 26th May 2008

May 26, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 2 Comments

I have spoken with Alan and Peter several times today and the plan has been for them to fly out of Isortoq today to reach Kulasuk tonight. However conditions have been too poor with fog preventing the helicopter from taking off. As at 17:32 hrs UK time they were still grounded and […]