Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 17:32:27 GMT 7
For those who were not following -
Henry Worsley's voice has the frayed quality of sound that's travelled a long, long way.
"We are under way at last," he huffs into a satellite phone, sounding tired after a day out on the snow.
"The surface is kind – soft in places, but firm enough not to be totally demoralising. My sledge is about 150 kilograms in weight and I have to heave her over lumps and bumps."
Then he brightens, saying, "Lots of familiar noises returned as I set off: the squeak of the ski poles driving into the snow, the thud of the sledge over each bump and the swish of the the skis gliding along."
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"And then when you stop, the unbelievable silence."
Worsley goes on to describe his distance travelled, his evening meal, the weather on Berkner Island, a completely ice-enclosed chunk of rock about 160 kilometres from the Antarctic land mass.
And he has it all to himself.
Worsley set out at the weekend in an attempt to make the first-ever unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent. The dispatch from Berkner Island was the first of many documenting his "Shackleton Solo" expedition, which traces the route British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton would have taken exactly a century ago had his ship not become trapped in an ice pack and his crew forced into an epic struggle for survival.
Worsley will not be the first person to cross the world's coldest continent. He won't even be the first to do it on his own. But, if he is successful, he will be the first with the endurance and the gumption to traverse Antarctica without the help of human and canine companions, food drops, vehicles, even kites to propel him along.
Read more: www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/british-explorer-henry-worsley-hopes-to-be-first-to-cross-antarctica-unaided-20151116-gl0hui.html#ixzz3yFcdBXgD
Henry Worsley's voice has the frayed quality of sound that's travelled a long, long way.
"We are under way at last," he huffs into a satellite phone, sounding tired after a day out on the snow.
"The surface is kind – soft in places, but firm enough not to be totally demoralising. My sledge is about 150 kilograms in weight and I have to heave her over lumps and bumps."
Then he brightens, saying, "Lots of familiar noises returned as I set off: the squeak of the ski poles driving into the snow, the thud of the sledge over each bump and the swish of the the skis gliding along."
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"And then when you stop, the unbelievable silence."
Worsley goes on to describe his distance travelled, his evening meal, the weather on Berkner Island, a completely ice-enclosed chunk of rock about 160 kilometres from the Antarctic land mass.
And he has it all to himself.
Worsley set out at the weekend in an attempt to make the first-ever unassisted crossing of the Antarctic continent. The dispatch from Berkner Island was the first of many documenting his "Shackleton Solo" expedition, which traces the route British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton would have taken exactly a century ago had his ship not become trapped in an ice pack and his crew forced into an epic struggle for survival.
Worsley will not be the first person to cross the world's coldest continent. He won't even be the first to do it on his own. But, if he is successful, he will be the first with the endurance and the gumption to traverse Antarctica without the help of human and canine companions, food drops, vehicles, even kites to propel him along.
Read more: www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/british-explorer-henry-worsley-hopes-to-be-first-to-cross-antarctica-unaided-20151116-gl0hui.html#ixzz3yFcdBXgD
