Live heartbeats and ice thickness from the North Pole

The Catlin Arctic Survey is attempting to measure the thickness of the Arctic Sea ice by man hauling ice thickness measuring radar across the frozen Arctic Ocean.

Appalling weather conditions seem to be hampering progress and survey results, but I am sure the team will get back on track soon.

The team are using 'bleeding' edge technology to monitor heart rate, skin and core temperatures as they make their way across shifting sea ice that is pulling them away from the Pole, that has got to be annoying! The body statistic telemetry technology is provided by Equivital, very pioneering!

Full details on the expedition is available here: Catlin Arctic Survey

20,000 Polar images go online

The Scott Polar Research Institute has made available online 150 years worth of photographs illustrating polar exploration from the nineteenth century onwards. The site is called Freeze Frame and is the result of a two-year piece of work that displays online, photographs from both Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.

What a fantastic resource for learning about how it was really done!

Visit the Freeze Frame website

Photo: Shaun Menzies skiing over my head, Antarctica 2008