The Finish (Part Two - Log #56)

Day 58 in Antarctica. At 5pm local time the ALE plane lands at Colin and Lou's camp on the Ross Ice Shelf. Both men load their pulks and settle in for the flight back to basecamp at Union Glacier. ...

The Finish (Part One - Log #55)

Day 56 in Antarctica. Lou arrives safely at the end of his journey at 1921 (UK time), Dec 28, and joins Colin O'Brady on the Ross Ice Shelf. They become the first two people in human history to tra...

For The Final Time... Onwards (Log #54)

Day 55 in Antarctica. On his penultimate day of the Spirit of Endurance expedition, Lou reflects on his journey and, in typical Rudd fashion, covers a staggering 29.3 nautical over 14 hours of skii...

Blue Skies And Mountains (Log #52)

Day 53 in Antarctica. Christmas Day. Lou is skiing in the early hours to make use of a weather gap. He gets in 14 nautical miles and stops at 0500. He then gets going again around 10am in foul weat...

Christmas In Antarctica (Log #51)

Day 52 in Antarctica. Lou wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! Rough conditions for Christmas Eve as he pushes on through heavy wind and whiteout. It's a full day of steady progress, heading towards ...

Carrying Henry's Flag (Log #50)

Day 51 in Antarctica. Big day as Lou crosses 87 degrees South and punches into 86 - once he reaches 86 he'll be at the top of the Leverett Glacier, ready to drop half a degree down to the Ross Ice ...

Dreaming Of Food (Log #49)

Day 50 in Antarctica. Rough going today, Lou struggles on through bad visibility, strong winds and low temperatures with around -30 wind chill. Lou catches breaks through lulls in the wind as he st...

The Descent (Log #48)

Day 49 in Antarctica. Seven weeks without rest, skiing between 11-12 hours a day. Lou has another good day and makes 22.2 nautical miles. Strong wind and spindrifts whip up as he begins to descend ...

Furthest In 3000 Miles (Log #47)

Day 48 in Antarctica. Lou wakes again to howling 40-50mph winds and head-height spin drifts. He ploughs on through low temperatures and wind chill dropping into the -30s - Lou feels it with his lac...

Into The Whiteout (Log #46)

Day 47 in Antarctica. A hard day for Lou (conditions wise), after hearing the wind building outside the tent all night, he thinks twice about pushing on but decides to go for it. He steps out into ...