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Felicity Aston arrived at the South Pole in difficult weather on 20 December after 26 days skiing from Ross Ice Shelf on her own. She reports in her latest comment that she is with friends and now well fed! The South Pole is a staging post on her way…Posted on
The memorial at Halley has been overhauled during this year's (2011) long winter night. The cairn of stone and concrete commemorates the death of Neville Mann who was lost on sea ice in August 1963; Jeremy Bailey, David Wild and John Wilson who lost …Posted on
Tom Allan's niece Marion Hughes is carving a stone replica of the wooden plaque carved by Tom Allan in 1965 -6 and place in the bar at Stonington. The family are planning a dedication service in the Spring of 2012.Tom died with John Noel in June 1966…Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and BAMT supporter 1939-2025
Meredith Hooper, Antarctic historian and author, died on 27 December 2025 at her home in London. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Scott Polar Research Institute and Wolfson College, Cambridge University and a trustee of the Brussels-based International Polar Foundation and the UK Antarctic Herita… Full Story...