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Below is a selection of images from previous expeditions that Alan and Peter have undertaken. Hover over the thumbnail for description and click for full size image.
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We’d like to register to get news of your preparation for your expedition. Thank you for allowing us to be included. I hope you have a lovely Christmas.
Best wishes,
Morag Kingsbury
Headteacher
Hi Morag
Thankyou for getting in touch you can register your school on the contact page if this has not already been done.
Hope to here from you and your school soon.
Peter Herbert
Just wondering, why don’t you take dogs to pull the sledges??
Reply for Emily Rosser
Hi Emily - clearly taking dogs to pull the sledges is an option and in the history of polar exploration you will see lots of examples of where dogs are used. In this expedition though we wanted to create a challenge of using the mimimal amount of resources and external assistance. Part of the challenge is for Peter and Alan to rely on their own personal resources as much as possible.
It is also important if you are looking at expeditions plans to note whether it is intended to be an unassisted or an assisted expedition. For many explorers the big challenge is to go unassisted. If there was help from huskies or from airplanes dropping food onto the ice, or using a skidoo, then that would mean the expedition is assisted. Unassisted is very tough - when Alan was telling you about his North Pole expedition in 2000 - the key point is he led the first successful British unassisted expedition from Canada to the geographic north pole. Note also that the geographic north pole is different and a bigger challenge than the magnetic north pole.
Richard (on behalf of the team)
150 g of macoroni
150 g of cheddarcheese
1 pint of milk
50 g butter
50 g of plain flour
2 tomatoes
2 slices of bread
= macoroni cheese ingrediants
Heya i was just wondering how many layers of clothes you will be wearing in greenland and if you are going to ski what ski’s are you using. because the ones you had at the talk were downhill skis so i was just wondrin!
Jemma-Louise
The skis on display were on loan from Ann Daniels and were the skis she used to ski to the south pole. Ann Daniels was part of the first all womens team to ski to the north and south poles.
As for our skis we have not yet decided but will say on the site when we do.
As for the layers of clothing it will be some were between three and five depending on whether we are working or resting and what the weather is doing, also how hungry or tired we are.
If we don’t eat enough our blood sugar levels can fall and we will feel tired and cold its just a case of seeing how you feel at the time and responding accordingly.
Peter
very good pictures and i am amazed that you could acctually stay out there in the cold temperatures! but you kinda cheated when you built your igloo because you built it around a tent ! xx
You have very good pictures.Do you like the North Pole? I hope you will back. I hope you like it at feet of green? Have you ever caught fish?
DEAR ALAN.
I hope you have a great time in greenland
and i hope you sea a husky and a blueger whale.
Dear Alan
i hope you have a good time in greenland.
bet you can’t sleep because of all that light. do you have normal houses in greenland? or do you have igloos? do you eat pepperami porridg chocolate bye for now.
laina .
to Alan And crew
hope you are getting prepared for going
across Green land . Hope you are going to
eat lots of chocolate bars and porridge
from ashleigh age 7 4;30pm
Hi Ashleigh
Preparations are going well and we are getting equipment from lots of different countries.
I hope we eat lots of chocolate to and when it is cold in the mornings porridge is great.
hope you follow the expedition on the net and thanks for the chat.
peter and the FOG team
i hope you have a great time in greenland.What kind of food do you it? What it the clamitate like?? Have a great time hope you like it bye thank you for coming to my school
Thanks Lauren - to find out about the temperatures check the website - Alan and Peter will be on the ice from May 1st. They will be sending back reports which I will post on the website about the temperature, the wind, and the state of the ice. They also will be collecting informaiton on the weather using the small device - the mini weather station - this will provide information to the Met Office Hadley Centre who will tell us what it means and we will report this on the website.
Food will include Reddy Brek, lots of cholcolate, dried meals - such as Army rations - add hot water a bit like Pot Noodles, nuts (for fat and protein), pork scratchings (for high fat content and light to carry).
Richard
Richard for the team.
hello peter and alan,how do you wash and brush your teeth.hope you are well are you? bye.
Hannah and Lucy - they guys don’t wash - so will be very smelly by the end of the trip but remember the air is cleaner up there. They brush their teeth as normal. They also can’t shave so will probably be quite hairy too - and Peter will probably have some hair by the end of the trip as he can’t shave his head!
Richard
I hpoe you have a good time at greenland!I have seen the vidoe clips on Feet of green.The videos are fab.Hpoe you dont get two cold!!!
By for now
LOve lauren norris
i enjoyed your visit to my school and will you be coming back to my school
my school is studying what you lotare getting upto so i thought it would be fun to leave a comment
I’d say this is the best website about Antartica in the whole of the UK.I give it 5 star rating. Your crew and website cannot get better than this!!!