On 6th December, a team of explorers led by Sir Ranulph Fiennes will set off from London on the world's first ever attempt to cross the Antarctic in winter.
The 2000-mile journey has for many years been considered too perilous to try and the group will have to overcome one of earth's most hostile environments if they are to succeed, exposing themselves to temperatures as low as -80c and operating in near permanent darkness.
A winter traverse of the Antarctic is widely regarded as the last true remaining polar challenge and the expedition's success will reassert Britain's status as the world's greatest nation of explorers.
A fund-raising initiative will run side-by-side with the expedition with the aim of raising $10m for Seeing is Believing to help fight blindness around the world.
Having never been attempted, the expedition will also provide unique and invaluable scientific research that will help climatologists, as well as forming the basis for an education programme that will reach up to 100,000 schools across the Commonwealth.
Good luck, guys!
Respectfully,
Brian P.
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Seriously though, this is a really bad idea. If nobody dies it'll be because of dumb luck.
RE; mountains of madness: that was the single most atmospheric piece of literature I've ever read. It was broad daylight out and I felt positively claustrophobic by the time the shoggoth turned up. Sent a nasty chill up my spine when I looked up a satelite image for those coordinates and found that there is indeed a mountain range there, too. Gotta love old Howard Phillip.
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Seriously though, this is a really bad idea. If nobody dies it'll be because of dumb luck.
RE; mountains of madness: that was the single most atmospheric piece of literature I've ever read. It was broad daylight out and I felt positively claustrophobic by the time the shoggoth turned up. Sent a nasty chill up my spine when I looked up a satelite image for those coordinates and found that there is indeed a mountain range there, too. Gotta love old Howard Phillip.
My thought process: "No, no, it was H. P. Lovecra...Oh."
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