Feet of Green
In May 2008 Alan Chambers MBE and Peter Herbert led the largest ever British polar expedition focused on education. They crossed one of the world’s largest glaciers and brought their experience to the classrooms of the United Kingdom and beyond. Read more about the expedition.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Ice Log - 25th May 2007 !!SUCCESS !! (UPDATED 19:00 UK TIME)
May 25, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 12 Comments
Call taken 0800 UK time. The good news is that Alan and Peter made their deadline in reaching Checkpoint 8 which is where they have been aiming for for the past five days. The shock for them when they called the Inuits was that they are now not able to get a boat […]
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Ice Log - 24th May 2006
May 24, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | No Comments
Today Alan and Peter have made good progress against very tight deadlines in trying to reach the sea ice in time to meet the Inuit fishermen who they hope will take them on their exit from the sea ice to a helicopter lift.
It has been very tough with continued storms and ice that had melted […]
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BBC Radio Bristol live link with Greenland 24th May, 2008
May 24, 2008 | Filed Under Education, On the Ice | 1 Comment
Click on the link below to listen to the live BBC link up with Alan and Peter on the ice on 24th May and the interview conducted by Ali Vowles with Alan in Greenland and Richard in Bristol.
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Ice Log - 22nd May 2008
May 22, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 4 Comments
We received four calls today from Alan and Peter and I have recorded the last two of these and posted below.
Call taken c1030 UK time, saying they intended to start walking but the weather was horrendous with winds of 70 miles per hour and they wanted to alert us the they fact they might not […]
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Ice Log - 21st May 2008
May 21, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | No Comments
Co-ordinates: 66° 00′ 000″ N - 41° 00′ 000″ W
Report taken at 2145.
31 km completed.
It has been a great day in terms of progress and there are 107 km to for Alan and Peter to reach the sea ice from where they will be collected by boat and taken to a helicopter in order to […]
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