Team member Rich Simpson is about to undertake his toughest challenge yet, an ultra-marathon travelling the length of Wales in the UK. Lon Las Ultra is a 250mile (just over 400km) race […]
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Plaque marks 100 years since Shackleton’s final expedition
A plaque has been unveiled in Plymouth marking 100 years since polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton left the city on his final expedition to Antarctica. The memorial was revealed by […]
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Ice Melt at The Poles Is Now Causing Hidden Changes to Earth’s Crust on a Huge Scale
As the polar ice sheets melt, the process is not just raising sea levels – it’s also warping the underlying surface of Earth, a new study reveals, and some of […]
Read MoreAQ21 Scientists – Andrew Smedley
I have introduced Andrew Smedley’s project, for which we will collect data on the intensity of ultraviolet light at the Earth’s surface while crossing the Antarctic Peninsula, on the Science Page of […]
Read MoreAntarctic Quest made the South West BBC news!
Check it out here at minute 21:18 : https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000x3qr/spotlight-evening-news-17062021 and in case you missed it, we were also on the Forces news channel BFBS: https://www.forces.net/news/military-personnel-prepare-300km-antarctic-climate-change-expedition. If you want to be a part of […]
Read MoreAQ21 Scientists – Publications made Accessible
Antarctic Quest 21 is not just about the science we are undertaking during the expedition. It is also about brining science closer to interested people who are not familiar with […]
Read MoreNAAFI Makes Major Contribution to the Expedition
We are hugely excited to announce that we have smashed through the 25% threshold for our Crowdfunded Campaign to enable our expedition to go ahead and to help allow us […]
Read MoreWant to reduce uncertainty? Read on…
Dr Charlotte Braungardt, from the Expedition Advisory Team has produced this superb blog and talks about how you can be a part of this expedition – https://cbraungardt.com/2021/06/07/want-to-reduce-uncertainty-read-on/
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Antarctic Quest 21 – Crowdfunder Event
What Connects You, Your Organisation, Your Grandchildren and Sir Ernest Shackleton? With this question, I invite you to come and learn about our expedition and meet the team that will […]
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Why Did Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton Keep ‘Conking Out’?
Shackleton’s entire Antarctic career was marked by strange episodes of weakness, breathlessness, and other incapacitating symptoms. His near-superhuman feats coexisted, according to expedition notes, with an occasional inability to stand […]
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