At the National PPI Radio Awards Ceremony, held on Friday 10th October, 2008 in the Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny, Radio Kerry won, a bronze award in the category of Specialist Speech Programme called ‘Ask the Explorer’ – during which the Explorer and Adventurer, Pat Falvey, answered ...
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Our plane has landed. We are heading for home.
14 January, 2008 at 12:0014th January 11;30 pm I’m as excited about going home as I was in reaching the Pole. Our ...
Early morning alert, to leave the ice.
13 January, 2008 at 15:0014th January; Early morning alert, to leave the ice. Mark our friendly weather man has given the ...
We are still held in her icy grip;
13 January, 2008 at 12:0013th January Sunday We are still held in her icy grip; This is our 75th day away from home 63 ...
12th January; Home is calling,,,,,,stuck at the edge of Antarctica.
12 January, 2008 at 12:0012th January Home is calling,,,,,,stuck at the edge of Antarctica. Relaxed after a night sleep ...
On the road home! TEAMS LATEST REPORT
11 January, 2008 at 22:00Following a surreal 56-hour stay at the South Pole, it was a relief to see the twin otter arrive ...
South Pole Inn Banner
11 January, 2008 at 20:40South Pole Inn, Annascaul and everyone in Kerry – Crean Family – Tom Crean Society ...
South Pole Research Centre
11 January, 2008 at 20:00Team depart South Pole
10 January, 2008 at 18:00Pat contacted us here at 5.30pm yesterday to inform us they were given a green light for their ...
Freddy makes it - Jan 08
9 January, 2008 at 16:20Hip, hip hoorah!! WE ARE AT THE SOUTH POLE!! I am so excited, I can hardly sit still to write ...
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8 January, 2008 at 22:40Write dispatch
We can see it. The excitement is rising.
7 January, 2008 at 12:007th January day 57. only 23 km to go. We can see it. The excitement is rising. Today we were all ...
Day 56 - We have dreamed big...what a journey
6 January, 2008 at 12:006th January day 56 Sunday 6th January, day 56, 47km to go 1,099 km of manhauling done. We ...
Freddys Blog Jan 05
5 January, 2008 at 23:40Wow! I couldn’t believe it when Clare told me this evening that we only have 70km left to ...
Day 55 - A heaven in hell.....What a beautiful day..
5 January, 2008 at 12:005th January day 55 A heaven in hell.....What a beautiful day.. Camp; Joss Lynam and Jim ...
Energy low, enthusiasm is high... day 54
4 January, 2008 at 12:004th January day 54 Energy low, enthusiasm is high.. Friday,4th January, day 54, 95km to go ...
We are Exhausted, 5 days to go....hopefully
3 January, 2008 at 12:005 days to go, were exhausted…. O’ Leary Family camp. (from Clare) 3rd January day 53, ...
Day 52 - SP on the 8th - Count down begins!
3 January, 2008 at 10:40After a phone call from Pat and the team last night, they have decided to target the 8th to reach ...
Freddys Blog - Jan 02
2 January, 2008 at 23:40‘Wake up, Freddy, it’s 6.10!’ I rubbed my eyes and tried to sit up. I ...
Shackletons, furthest south... we continue to the pole...
1 January, 2008 at 12:001st January 88.5326S,081.3476W Camp Shackleton, our hero. Shackletons 97 miles from the ...
Happy new year from the ice. Camp Moriarty
31 December, 2007 at 12:0031 December Happy new year from the ice. S88.3328 W 081.2294 Camp; Con Morairty. We are now ...
Day 47. cant wait for our rest day...
28 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 47 28 December Position: S87.9184, W080.83335 Temperature: -15.8c wind chill -20c Weather: ...
day 45 A bad sastrugi day/ very cold
28 December, 2007 at 10:00Position: S87.5656, W082.6789 Temperature: -37c Weather: clear skies, very cold and huge pain ...
Day 44. Christmas on ice....
25 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 44 25 December Christmas day on ice….. Position: S87.3831, W083.4501 Temperature: ...
Day 43; missing Christmas....
24 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 43 24th dec Missing Christmas… Position: S87.2227, W084.0260 Temperature: -27c ...
day 42; Getting there, pain is easing...
23 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 42 23 December Camp; Tagney family, Black valley. Position: S87.0658, W084.5356 Temperature: ...
Day 41; Really had a bad day.....
22 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 41 22 December Really had a bad/low morale day… Position: S86.7014, W085.5313 ...
Day 40; It's all about teamwork...
21 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 40 21/12/07 Camp; Mike Barry. Position: S86.7014, W085.5313 Temperature: -15cto -18c ...
Day 39 ;Down to the ground in pain in agony ...
20 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 39 Thursday 20th December Down to the ground in pain in agony… Position: S86, ...
Day 38 ; A miserable white out....
19 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 38 19th December A miserable white out…. Position: S86.4957, W085.8810. ...
Day 37; Yes, we have clear weather....brilliant
18 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 37 Tuesday 18th December Yes, we have clear weather….brilliant Position: ...
Day 37; oh no....we'll go crazy...
17 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 36 17/12/07 Position: S86.0481, W086.4475 Camp Gerry Walsh. Oh no….we’ll go ...
Day 35; Oh, so this is where we are....
16 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 35 Sunday 16/12/077 Camp; Gerry Walsh. Position: S86.0481, W086.4475 Temperature: -15cto ...
Day 34. I feel like a donkey.....
15 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 34 15/12/07 Camp site; Ger McDonnell. Position: S85.8486, W086.5923 Temperature: -12c ...
day 33. When bad days get worst.....
14 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 33 14/12/07 When bad days get worst. Camp:South Pole Inn; Date: 14/12/07 Position: ...
Day 32. Terrible weather, could it be climate change...
13 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 32 Camp: Allied Forwarding; Position: S85.5057, W086.6798 Temperature: -8c Weather: ...
To move or not to move!
12 December, 2007 at 12:00The alarm went off at 5.50am as usual. Outside we could hear the wind gusting; a quick look out ...
Day 30. The blizzard continues......
11 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 30, Dec 11th 07 The blizzard continues, as we weather it out today. We had a restless night ...
To Broke Evans, a special man. Day 29
10 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 29. To a special man. Camp, Broke Evans Broke was the son of Teddy Evans, who Tom Crean ...
Polly meets team - Dec 9th
9 December, 2007 at 19:20Dec 09 Before Freddy could think what to say, Polly squealed ‘Surprise!.. Hi Clare!’ ...
day 28 I could hear Jon roar....
9 December, 2007 at 12:00Shaun’s bad energy day. Camp: Ben Gordon (Jon’s cousin) Date: 9/12/07 Position: ...
Too tired to write.
8 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 27 Camp: Isabella Gordon (Jon’s cousin) Date: 8/12/07 Position: S84.8364, W086.9121 ...
Day 26 - how many breakfasts?
7 December, 2007 at 00:00Camp: Sam Butler (Jonathon’s nephew) Date: 7/12/07 Position: S84.5989, W086.4098 ...
Day 25, Look, it''s the Theils mountains
6 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 25 6th, Dec, 2007 84.3695S,086.1305W Distance to Pole:623 km altitude 1573m Look, ...
our best dessert!
5 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 24 5th, Dec, 2007 84.1344S,085.4694W Distance to Pole:650 km altitude 1545m Its hard to ...
Polly's story part 2 - Dec 4th
4 December, 2007 at 16:20Dec 04 It was a long, long time to spend 8 months in a snowcave. I slept alot to try and forget ...
Riding white horses , day 23. camp Val Dean.
4 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 23 4th, Dec, 2007 83.8978S,085.1516W Distance to Pole:677 km Another milestone, we are now ...
Day 22 - Christmas is coming
3 December, 2007 at 15:00Camp: Liam (Shaun’s nephew) Date: 3/12/07 Position: S83.6791, W084.6142 Temperature: -12.7c ...
Day 22, No contrast day
3 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 22 3 Dec 2007 No contrast day, Arother good day in the freezer, all the team worked well ...
Pollys story - Dec 2nd
2 December, 2007 at 16:20Dec 02 ‘So Polly, tell me everything from when I left you last year’, Freddy asked. ...
Nomads in a desert of ice.
2 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 21 , Sunday, 2nd December 2007 83.4371S,084.2660W Distance to Pole:734km Nomads in a desert ...
Time to relax.!! day 20 Camp Mary. B
1 December, 2007 at 12:00Day 20 Saturday 1st December. 83.1927S,083.8098W Distance to Pole:757 km Time to relax!! We ...
Who's Polly? - Nov 30
30 November, 2007 at 19:20Nov 30 When I finally opened my tired eyes, I thought I was seeing things; there in front of me ...
We all have them, Grandmothers.!
30 November, 2007 at 12:00Day 19 Friday, 30th Nov, 2007 83.1927S,083.8098W Distance to Pole:757 km We all have them. ...
I felt, I was in pardise. day 18
29 November, 2007 at 12:00Distance to Pole:777km or just 7 degrees Had a great sleep last night, which is a hard thing to ...
Another milestone, Day 17
28 November, 2007 at 12:0082.8303S,083.2323W Distance to Pole:796km Its true to say that we need milestones to achieve our ...
Day 16 - Sweating in the freezer
27 November, 2007 at 00:00Position: 82.5918S,082.8983W Distance to Pole: 824km I got up today full of enthusiasm after our ...
Day 15 - our best day so far
26 November, 2007 at 00:00Camp: Jake (Shaun’s nephew) Date: 26/11/07 Position: S82.3880, W082.7956 Temperature: -15c ...
Day 14 - still can't see a thing!
25 November, 2007 at 00:00Camp: Aaran (Shaun’s nephew) Date: 25/11/07 Position: S82.1476 W082.6045 Temperature: -16c ...
Day 13 - can't see a thing!
24 November, 2007 at 00:00Camp: Hannah (Shaun’s niece) Date: 24/11/07 Position: S81.9448, W082.4336 Temperature: -13c ...
Day 12
23 November, 2007 at 00:00Camp – Parrot Everyone is feeling fine, still some blisters but our bodies are getting used ...
Day 11
22 November, 2007 at 00:00Camp – Dudley Docker Our best day yet, 24km on an 8 hour march. 35 knot head winds, arrived ...
Day 10
21 November, 2007 at 23:44Camp – Stancomb Wills A great day, 22.2km traveled on a 7 hour march. Great weather too!
Day 9 - Rest day!
20 November, 2007 at 12:00Camp – Mortimer McCarthy (Irish polar explorer) Position: S81’10.499, ...
Day 8 - the worst conditions so far
19 November, 2007 at 00:00Camp – Tim McCarthy (Irish polar explorer) Position: S81’10.499, W081’46.467 ...
Day 6 - getting very cold
17 November, 2007 at 12:00Camp: Patrick Keohane Date: 17/11/07 Position: S80.54.604, W081.36.033 Temperature: -25.5 c ...
Day 5
16 November, 2007 at 01:14Camp: Sport Corrantuathail Date: 16/11/07 Position: S80.43.319 W081.28.452 Temperature: -11.6c ...
Day 4
15 November, 2007 at 12:00Camp: Robert Ford Date: 15/11/07 Position: S80.31.075, W081.21.702 Temperature: -9.6c Weather: ...
Boots fail!
14 November, 2007 at 12:00Camp name – Tom Crean Date: 14/11/07 Position: S80.31.075, W081.21.702 Temperature: -21 ...
Making good progress
13 November, 2007 at 12:00Camp name – Joe O’Leary Date: 13/11/07 Position: S80.20.577, W081.11.944 ...
0nly 1100km to go!
12 November, 2007 at 12:00Camp name – Niall Foley Date: 12/11/07 Position: S80.04.999, W080.33.044 Temperature: ...
Hercules Inlet - Rock and roll
8 November, 2007 at 00:00The most incredible flight took us from Chile to Patriot Hills on Antarctica a distance of ...
Punta Arenas. Shackleton Bar
4 November, 2007 at 00:00We’ve been busy meeting with the various people at ALE ensuring that everything is in order for ...
Punta Arenas: We have arrived!
3 November, 2007 at 00:00The Expedition has truly begun. We are here in Punta Arenas, the southernmost city in the world ...
Dublin to Punta Arenas
2 November, 2007 at 00:00It was a comfortable 14,000 KM flight that brought us 36 hours from Dublin to Punta Arenas in ...
and we are off
31 October, 2007 at 10:14A grey and overcast day at Dublin airport, but inside things are much brighter as all our ...
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