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 ...

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 constantly gaining altitude, but has now reached 9,...

Company (Log #44)

Day 45 in Antarctica. Lou wakes from a deep sleep and gets going a little behind schedule. After an hour he encounters a group of tents and vehicles and finds himself in a campsite in the company o...

Pink Floyd Day (Log #43)

Day 44 in Antarctica. A great day for Lou with no cloud, the wind behind him and brilliant visibility. He tears through 18.3 nautical miles (record mileage) with Pink Floyd blaring in his ears...

North (Log #42)

Day 43 in Antarctica. Lou skis into a day of good weather - sun is ringed by the halo of another parhelion and wisps of cloud shaped like a crucifix. He makes his best-distance yet, covering 16.1 n...

20-Day Plan (Log #41)

Day 42 in Antarctica. Lou has a hard day after the high of reaching the Pole. A cold injury on his lips makes eating and drinking difficult. Over the next and final leg he will cover 300 nautical m...

The Trudge (Log #39)

Day 40 in Antarctica. Lou has now gone through 40 days of food. It's a tough start. Full-on whiteout. Heavy snowfall. Lou is forced to trudge through deep snow, with the heavy pulk resisting him an...

Reflection (Log #38)

Day 39 in Antarctica. A hard day. Whiteout conditions, snowfall and strong winds that hurl out whipping spindrift. Lou digs in to 11 hours of compass-staring and finds time for reflection on his pe...

Civilisation (Log #37)

Day 38 in Antarctica. Last night Lou heard one of ALE's aircrafts rumbling as it passed overhead - his first taste of civilisation in a long while. He wakes up to good visibility and pushes on thro...

Clock-watching (Log #36)

Day 37 in Antarctica. Another clear weather day with good visibility and light winds. Lou has a hard day with 11 hours of monotonous clock-watching, feeling slightly lethargic and lacking energy af...