Lou’s Journal

Lou Rudd Returns To The UK

Lou Rudd Returns To The UK

The Spirit of Endurance expedition has ended and Captain Lou Rudd is now back home in Blighty. At 10am on Wednesday morning, Lou emerged through th...

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 ...

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 b...

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, cover...

Skiing Down Leverett (Log #53)

Day 54 in Antarctica. Boxing Day. Lou congratulates American Colin O'Brady on his outstanding achievement. Lou achieves his best ever day's distanc...

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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 wi...

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 ...

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 pushi...

Beware The Fruit Pastille (Log #45)

Day 46 in Antarctica. A drop in weather conditions leads to changing visibility. Lou makes 17.4 nautical miles in under 12 hours of skiing. He is c...