Mr. Parkinson has been asked to help create the education resources for this expedition which will take place in 2018. It is led by Felicity Aston, who also led the Pole of Cold expedition that I wrote the (award winning) resources for, and was also described in Felicity's book 'Chasing Winter' (which is excellent by the way)
Here's a trailer video for the expedition.
_Exposure from Felicity Aston on Vimeo.
The website is here.
Keep an eye out for all the news on the expedition and the resources later this year.
We shall be involving King's Ely students in this writing project.
There are also some amazing and alarming pictures of the great Arctic melt by Diane Tuft in this Guardian article.
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Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Monday, 24 November 2014
Alone in Antarctica
Mr. Parkinson worked on a project with the Polar explorer and adventurer Felicity Aston earlier in the year, which involved her travelling to the coldest inhabited place in the world, known as the Pole of Cold.
If you want a book to read for Christmas, Felicity's book 'Alone in Antarctica' is currently reduced to 99p on the Amazon Kindle store, if you follow the link here.
An ideal gift to the Kindle owner in your life.
It describes her solo-crossing of Antarctica.
What would it feel like to be out there alone in that empty vastness? Just before midnight on 24 November 2011, Felicity is left completely alone on the coast of Antarctica. The isolation is instant and devastating. Only three people in the world have crossed Antarctica alone. The first two were men and both Norwegian. At the age of 34, British woman Felicity Aston became the third. Unlike her predecessors, she didn’t use kites or parasails to assist her. Within days, frozen into her face mask and reflecting on what had drawn her to such a place, she was battling desperate weather as she towed her heavy sledges.Every morning she wakes believing she cannot face another day as the expedition becomes a race against time to reach the coast before the last flight out. This gripping and inspirational account of personal endurance shows what you can achieve when you grit your teeth and decide just to get through today in one piece.
If you want a book to read for Christmas, Felicity's book 'Alone in Antarctica' is currently reduced to 99p on the Amazon Kindle store, if you follow the link here.
An ideal gift to the Kindle owner in your life.
It describes her solo-crossing of Antarctica.
What would it feel like to be out there alone in that empty vastness? Just before midnight on 24 November 2011, Felicity is left completely alone on the coast of Antarctica. The isolation is instant and devastating. Only three people in the world have crossed Antarctica alone. The first two were men and both Norwegian. At the age of 34, British woman Felicity Aston became the third. Unlike her predecessors, she didn’t use kites or parasails to assist her. Within days, frozen into her face mask and reflecting on what had drawn her to such a place, she was battling desperate weather as she towed her heavy sledges.Every morning she wakes believing she cannot face another day as the expedition becomes a race against time to reach the coast before the last flight out. This gripping and inspirational account of personal endurance shows what you can achieve when you grit your teeth and decide just to get through today in one piece.
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