This June @polaraj is heading to #Svalbard! Join us over on our LikeToBe page here -> liketobe.org/groups/arcticqu… to follow along with our next adventure. We'll be learning all about the history, environment & wildlife of this largely untouched place.
Amazing news on the find of Shackleton’s #Endurance under Antarctician ice!
LGfL PolarExplorers were not sure it was possible
Find out about Shackleton & how he felt at the time at polar.lgfl.org.uk/journal_re… when he said to the crew 'She’s gone boys’
Well she is back after 107 years
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And that's a wrap! @polarAJ is back in the UK, and Paul Hart has written the final Situation Report of the Antarctic Quest 21 expedition. Everyone is safe, healthy and happy.
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The #AntarcticQuest21 Expedition team have returned safely to Argentina after a challenging month on Antarctica. More to follow, but in the mean time Exped Leader Paul Hart has an update:
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This photograph, taken by Cat Cameron, does a terrific job of capturing the emotion of the #AntarcticQuest21 expedition team as they begin their slow journey back to Portal Point.
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Wow! Not only did @BBCNews Spotlight cover the @AntarcticQuest21 Shackleton Centenary Commemoration, but they led with @polaraj reading the winning poem from the school poetry competition!
Congratulations to Elise from from St Thomas More, Bexleyheath!
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Today marks the centenary of the death of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15/02/1874 - 05/02/1922).
The #AntarcticQuest21#Expedition team will be livestreaming a commemoration event at 12 noon GMT.
Join us here: us04web.zoom.us/s/7774387745…
The #AntarcticQuest21 team are waiting out another ferocious storm. In such extreme weather the sat comms kit has no chance.
So here is @polaraj explaining how the team normally use the BGAN terminal sponsored by @TheASTGroup to connect the #expedition to the world.
Since the #AntarcticQuest21 team are now navigating terrain where there is the possibility of an avalanche, here is Antony Jinman answering a question from one of the schools following the expedition about "avalanche transmitters".
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Yesterday was Day 16 of the #AntarcticQuest21 The team took a well earned break after working so hard to get their kit up to Harris Peak and then battling the storms.
Here is @polarAJ with an update, including a description of the Humpback Whales the team can see in the bay!
The 29th of December was a "fantastic day" for the #AntarcticQuest21 expedition. The team managed to use a break in the unseasonably bad weather to make some real progress.
Here is Deputy Leader Antony Jinman with the update.
Since the #AntarcticQuest21 team are now navigating terrain where there is the possibility of an avalanche, here is Antony Jinman answering a question from one of the schools following the expedition about "avalanche transmitters".
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Amazing News! The #AntarcticQuest21 team managed to safely ascend the ramp, summit Harris Peak, and even haul some of the equipment and supplies to the new high point!
Here is a quick video from a very happy @polarAJ
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