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 - 18th May 2008
May 18, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 3 Comments
Co-ordinates: 66° 09′ 508″ N - 43° 52′ 182″ W
Phone call received from Alan and Peter at 2100.
31 km covered today, our longest yet. A great day in terms of progress andgreat weather all day long. It has bee a hard day, the terrain has flattened but then there are sudden steep rises […]
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Ice Log 17th May 2008
May 17, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 4 Comments
Co-ordinates: 66° 14′ 414″ N - 43° 30′ 861″ W
Spoke with Peter and Alan this evening at 2100. It has been a very hard day because it has been extremely hot. This may sound strange as they are skiing on ice and snow but the temperature fluctuations have become dramatic and very unpredictable. […]
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Cine Kids Watershed Bristol Watch The Little Polar Bear and Learn about Feet of Green
May 17, 2008 | Filed Under Education | 1 Comment
17th May saw the screening for children at Bristol’s Watershed centre the film The Litte Polar Bear. Based on the famous children’s books by Dutch author Hans de Beer, the story follows a polar bear named Lars who travels home after many adventures to find that the fish have nearly disappeared from the hunting […]
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Ice Log 16th May 2008
May 16, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 1 Comment
Co-ordinates: 66° 18′ 989″ N - 44° 02′ 715″ W
27 kilometres covered today, 280 since the start. Both Alan and Peter are feeling strong. Peter’s eye is a lot better. It has been a steady uphill walk and the wind has turned 180 degrees. It is now southwesterly so behind them. […]
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Ice Log - 15th May 2008
May 15, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 13 Comments
Co-ordinates: 66° 22′ 184″ N - 44° 38′ 244″ W
25 km 14 nautical miles travelled - the same as last two days. It started with poor visibility due to a low blanket of cloud - it snowed all night and so snow had filled in the divots between the stratugi so it was […]
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Ice Log - 14th May 2008
May 14, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | 11 Comments
Co-ordinates: 66° 24′ 563″ N - 45° 11′ 128″ W
Good weather and good progress made today based on little sleep the previous night. There was a lot of cloud cover and strong easterly wind all day. 25 kilometres travelled during the day and they hope to be at the summit by the end […]
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BBC Points West Coverage of Feet of Green in Schools - 14th May
May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Education, On the Ice | No Comments
BBC Points West has started to cover the Great British Mobility Feet of Green Expedition and you can see the clip on the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7401651.stm
BBC reporter Sally Challoner visited Weston Park school and saw Richard Hale presenting to a year 6 class on the expedition. Children asked lots of questions and were fascinated by Alan and […]
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Weather Forecast - Met Office Hadley Centre
May 14, 2008 | Filed Under On the Ice | No Comments
After experiencing such extreme weather conditions in Greenland - with wind speeds reaching up to 50 knots - base camp decided to contact the Met Office Hadley Centre to ask for a weather forecast for the rest of the week. This is what they have predicted for the next couple of days:
Wednesday 14th May - […]
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Route Log - 13th May 2008
May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Track the Route | 2 Comments
13th May, 2008
Co-ordinates: 66° 27′ 466″ N 45° 44′ 080″ W
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Route Log - 11th May 2008
May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Track the Route | 2 Comments
11th May, 2008
Co-ordinates: 66° 29′ 556″ N 46° 18′ 703″ W
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