We are 53kms away from the South Pole! Two more days to go.

-32degC and clear skies today. We skied uphill almost all day in soft snow chasing an unreachable horizon. We’re camped on the side of a steep hill this evening surrounded by sastrugi which popped up to hamper the last 5kms of the day. We’re not expecting conditions to get much better now, we’re just excited to get on with it and reach the pole in 2 days time.

Suunto Stats

Skiing Time 12hrs 15mins

Distance 26.62km

Gareth

Average HR 120

Max HR 171

Calories burned 8520

Richard

Average HR 118

Max HR 168

Calories burned 8480