by Dave Painter | Jan 25, 2019 | Travel
Travelling back to the frozen continent next week – this time we are heading to Novolazarevskaya Station or ‘Novo’ for short. It was a former Soviet Antarctic research station and is now an airstrip that serves research related transits and is the...
by Dave Painter | Dec 3, 2018 | Travel
Packing for Antarctica A few people have asked me how I prepare and pack for a trip to Antarctica. Firstly, I have been extremely lucky as I have worked on the frozen continent many times in the past seven years, the forthcoming trip will be my 12th visit. I know,...
by Dave Painter | Jul 10, 2018 | In the News, Travel
It was my fault entirely, I asked Richard Turkowitsch the rules of Quidditch (he’s the PR person for Team Austria and one of the commentators) – I knew I had made a mistake when he hadn’t drawn breath for ten minutes. But his passion and panache for...
by Dave Painter | May 11, 2018 | Travel
The two-hour flight from Spitsbergen is pretty uncomfortable as the Antonov plane that is used does not have many luxuries. These planes were built for Arctic work; they mainly shift goods around rather than athletes and members of the press. The marathon operates...
by Dave Painter | Apr 9, 2018 | Travel
Later this week I’ll be heading up to The Barneo Ice Camp at the geographic North Pole. It’s one of the most remote scientific research stations on the planet. It will be my nineth time that I will have visited this camp; nothing comes close to this surreal...
by Pam Painter | Mar 13, 2018 | In the News, Travel
Plunging into ice cold water to compete in a swimming race did not sound like fun, but for nearly 1500 participants the World Winter Swimming Championships was the highlight of their year. Tallinn in Estonia was the host for this year’s championship, from the...
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