Within these pages you'll find an expression of my life as an explorer, designer and polar guide. Take your time, immerse yourself in the austere beauty of the polar ice, discover why adventure is its own reward. Dream big. Live bigger. Begin! Eric Philips
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
A few years ago a Russian flag was planted on the seabed below the North Pole, an ill-placed claim of sovereignty over the high Arctic. Together with oil drilling and commercial fishing it seems the Arctic can't be left alone by greed-mongers.
This year I guided a team of young ambassadors, Greenpeace campaigners and specialists, film-makers and photographers and guides skied for 5 days towards the North Pole, experiencing first-hand both the brutality and beauty of the Arctic Ocean.
At the North Pole we lowered a glass and titanium pod to the seabed, a time capsule containing 2.7 million signatures, a message to the future and a flag to claim the Arctic region around the North Pole as a sanctuary.
It was a real honour to work with Greenpeace on this project and a privilege to have been part of this historic event. If only I could be around in 50 or so years when the capsule is released and eventually found.
I hope the world acts in time to save the Arctic.
In March I spent a week amongst the mountains, glaciers and frozen fiords of Spitsbergen, training Australian adventure cyclist Kate Kate Leeming for her South Pole expedition. Together with Swiss film maker Claudio von Plata and English photographer Phil Coates, we completed a 200km circuit that traversed Rabot and Von Post glaciers and the length of Templefiorden, Kate on her 2WD bike and the guys on two snowmobiles in support.
In early March I traveled to Iceland to work with Walking with the Wounded, an English charity supporting servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afganistan. I am the guide of the Commonwealth Team (Australia and Canada), who at the end of the year will race 330km to the South Pole against similarly trained teams from USA and the UK.
I recently returned fom Canberra where I joined a panel to select wounded Australian soldiers for an expeditionary race to the South Pole. The three chosen will join a Canadian contingent to form the Commonwealth team. The combined team will join teams from the UK and US in Iceland in March where they will undertake polar training following final selections. The 3 teams will embark on a race to the South Pole at the end of 2013. I'll be the guide of the Commonwealth team.
Walking with the Wounded website
In April I tested my new plastic expedition sleds during the Greenpeace North Pole expedition. Some weaknesses were uncovered which are now being rectified and will lead to these sleds being the definitive pulk for polar expeditions. Follow the link below to the gallery.
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Wally Herbert
I have the honour to inform your Majesty that today, 5th April, at 0700 hours Greenwich Mean Time, the British Trans-Arctic Expedition by dead reckoning reached the North Pole 407 days after setting out from Point Barrow, Alaska.
Roald Amundsen
The land looks like a fairytale.
Ernest Shackleton
Better a live donkey than a dead lion.
Salomon Andree
Has not the time come to revise this question from the very beginning and to see if we do not possibly possess any other means than the sledge for crossing these tracts?...This means is the air balloon.
Fridtjof Nansen
Minute by minute, degree by degree, we have stolen forwards, with painful effort.
Douglas Mawson
When comrades tramp the road to anywhere through a lonely blizzard-ridden land in hunger, want and weariness the interests, ties and fates of each are interwoven in a wondrous fabric of friendship and affection.
John Rymill
Day after day we had travelled through silence which was absolute, not a depressing silence, but a silence that had never known life.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
As we groped our way back that night, sleepless, icy, and dog-tired in the dark and the wind and the drift, a crevasse seemed almost a friendly gift.
Hubert Wilkins
When I came out of the Arctic that spring of 1916, it seemed incredible to me that almost the whole world was engaged in a war that had raged for nearly two years while we were cut off from news.
John Franklin
On the 11th we prepared for our journey, having first collected a few old skins of deer, to serve us as food;
Richard Byrd
The blizzards departed, the cold moved down from the South Pole, and opposite the moon in a coal-black sky the cast-up light from the departed sun burned like a bonfire.
Eric Shipton
My previous experience had shown that the type of equipment used on mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas was entirely inadequate against the rigours of the Patagonian climate.
Robert Peary
Many times I have thanked God for a bite of raw dog.
Frank Zappa
Watch out where those huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow.
Robert Scott
Great God! this is an awful place.
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