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My story

 

Please help us to raise funds for this 900 mile journey by ski across some of the world's most inhospitable terrain. The Expedition will last about 90 days in freezing conditions in the white desert of Antarctica. We will be totally self-sufficient, responsible for all our own decsions and route finding.

We will set out on October 29th, 2008 to follow in our ancestors' footsteps, and recreate Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1909 Nimrod Expedition, originally intended to be the first expedition to the South Pole.

The original team got to within ninety-seven miles of the Pole on January 9th, 2009 before being forced back: one hundred years later we hope to ski 900 miles across Antarctica to the same point and then continue onto the South Pole, and in so doing, finish the business our forefathers began.

Our efforts go towards establishing a new charity called The Shackleton Foundation.

You will be able to track our daily progess on the website:


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Congratulations to all. Will. those lessons on bearings seem to have been useful!! Donation by David Hillard 11/01/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

A very great feat, well done to get to Shackleton's "Furthest South". Good luck on the last leg. With you we all stand in awe of the 1909 expedition. Donation by Philip Schofield 10/01/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Amazing feat of endurance - I salute you all! I'm following your adventures every day - good luck with your onward journey, to all of the team. Donation by Rosemary 10/01/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Many congratulations, Will and your team. Full of admiration as ever. Donation by Denise & Charles Wilkinson 10/01/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck Ronnie! what an achievement for all of you. Donation by Bindy Higgins 09/01/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Really well done the three of you and good luck to the finish line. Also our very best wishes to Dave Cornell and the 97 team Donation by Anthony Mary James Vera and Richard Spender 09/01/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Well done neighbour! We are following your progress. Good Luck! Donation by Ros and John Martin 09/01/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done chaps for retaking the plateau. Where is Her Majesty's Flag. Forward to the Pole. Donation by Nobby Clark 09/01/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

CONGRATULATIONS GENTLEMEN - FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT Donation by John Ball 09/01/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Dave and Ronnie, we are all proud of you. Nulli Secundus. Donation by Ed and Wheezie Cottrell 09/01/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

We are following your daily journey&listening to your audio as we are studying Antarcica. January9th is also my birthday! good luck and all the best! Donation by Sarah Alcock and yr4MeanwoodPrimaryChn,Rochdale,UK 09/01/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Well done , keep it up Donation by Peter Bromley 09/01/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Almost there! Donation by Stephen and Joanna 08/01/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Magnificent achievement. Ernie would be proud of you, Donation by Nick Read 08/01/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Awesome achievement guys, legends in the making. Best of luck! Donation by Mois 08/01/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

The White Horse of Folkestone is with you in spirit ! Donation by Richard and Jenny Beaugie 08/01/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

From possibly the only Nimrod fanatic in Las Vegas, NV - a dry a desolate place similar to the plateau albeit with casino's and strippers - cheers! Donation by Joe Genovese 08/01/09  

£25.00

following you daily...good luck! Donation by anonymous 08/01/09  

£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid

Henry I always knew from the first time we met all those years ago that you would end up doing something like this. For now good luck from Luxembo Donation by Steve Baston 08/01/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

An outstanding achievement, superbly executed! Donation by David J Drewry 08/01/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Keep going,it's been great hearing your progress every day Donation by joff sale 08/01/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good Progress so far, all the best! Donation by Jeremy Parker 08/01/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

Inspirational. Donation by James West & Annabel Mullin 08/01/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Thanks for the opportunity to share this amazing journey with you and with Shackleton, Wild, Marshall and Adams. Prospice! Donation by Margot Morrell 08/01/09  

£100.00

...and we thought it was cold here! Donation by Alex, Miles, Lucy, Alef and Hugo Kellock 08/01/09  

£500.00 + £141.03 Gift Aid

Keep going! Donation by JCC 08/01/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Best of luck! Donation by Liz Southey 08/01/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

A wonderful adventure. Donation by anonymous 07/01/09  

£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid

Best wishes from my nephew, William Hayes Donation by Clodagh Hayes 06/01/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Safe journey. We follow your daily reports & will tell everyone about you and the Nimrod Expedition at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition on Jan 9th. Donation by 5th & 6th Class, Ballyadams N.S. Ireland 05/01/09  

£50.00
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