Arrived back in Longyearbyen in Svalbard today after reaching the Geographic North Pole yesterday. Check out all the details below on our day reaching the pole. Had Pizza and burger for dinner tonight, and Steve had about 6 pints of coca cola!! It's going to be nice to get in to a warm bed tonight!
Former Wales and barbarian flanker Richard Parks and 2 times Olympic gold medallist rower Steve Williams have successfully reached the Geographic North Pole, meaning Richard Parks has now completed an
Richard and Steve reach the Geographical North Pole at 2.20pm UK time after 6 days skiing across the ice. Click below on "View News" for all the details and Rich and Steve's thoughts.
Travelled 18.4km today, -39c with windchill. Tough ice condition and lots happened today. Climbing down off a big pressure ridge I fell and my pulk landed on my head. I was dazed. Steve had a fall too. We almost got caught in 2 flows moving together.…
Drifted 1.2km north last night and travelled 15.3km yesterday. Temperatures were -26c, with windchill -38c, it was a cold day! A tough day in the wind and constant ridges, we made good progress though. Steve and I used our luxury food item of bacon,…
We have travelled 17.3km today. Drifted 2.2km north last night. Making very good progress. We have a really strong team. Our lead Alan Hubert is absolutely awesome and he’s navigating using the sun and wind, assisted by gps. It’s great to learn…
Hi Guys. We skied for 9 hours today and travelled 20.51km. We went to bed last night and when woke up this morning we had drifted 6.6km east and a little bit north but it didn’t make a big difference in terms of the pole and we’ve not drifted…
Plane to Barneo camp and then helicopter to drop off on to ice at 89 degrees. It’s minus 24 with moderate winds. Skied 11.1km for about 4 hours today. Drift East and a little North today. Weather worsening and we have current white out, glad I am in…
The runway was completed on Sunday and Vicaar flew two cargo flights out yesterday to begin building Barneo camp on the ice. Steve and I spent yesterday putting the final tweaks to our gear and packing our pulks ready to be weighed and loaded onto the…
Former Wales and Barbarian flanker turned mountaineer Richard Parks and 2-times Olympic Gold Medallist rower Steve Williams met Prince Harry this weekend ahead of their 111km ski of the last degree to
We've had news through - We are on the first passenger flight, but it looks like this will be on Tuesday the 5th as the runway is still not finished. The group has been reduced in size as we were adamant to ski the full degree. The good news is we are…
The guys in charge here think they have found a suitable flow of ice and today they are going to drop skydivers out of the plane and snow ploughs in big parachutes on to the ice to start building the runway which could take anything up to 1-3 days.…
They’re flying over the ice today, weather permuting to try and find a suitable ice flow to open Barneo logistics camp. So fingers crossed! The delay, although scary, is good to get some more rest, tighten my systems and mind to the cold environment…
Just landed in Longyearbyen, it's great to be back in cold, fresh air, but the cold is a little shock to the system after the last few hotter legs. The initial forecast having met with the Vicaar team (our team leading this expedition) is that there…
We are in Oslo now, but without bags as they got left behind in Copenhagen! They're going to be forwarded on to Longyearbyen, Shocking! It’s really good to hang out with Steve again. It's -10c in Oslo this morning, but colder up north in Longyearbyen,…
Hi Guys. Thank you for all your suggestions on Facebook and Twitter for my luxury items for the North Pole, they were awesome as always. I particularly liked bubble wrap by Charline on Facebook and arctic roll by Simon, very funny and old skool!…
According to recent reports (click below for official announcement) it is highly likely that Prince Harry will be trekking to the Geographic North Pole at the same time as former Welsh rugby internati
The time has arrived for possibly one of the most gruelling of all legs of the challenge. Mount Everest may well be the leg that catches the eye of most but skiing across the unpredictable sea ice to
