No sooner had we begun our final sprint to the Pole, than Mother Nature again decided to test us. The snow-white `moving walkway´ beneath our feet is speeding South at a rate of 700 m per hour. In other words, on every one-hour leg we must ski an extra 0.7 km.

A 10 m/s bitter-cold wind blew straight into our faces. Severe ice pack rubble is everywhere around us.

At the moment we are taking a four hour rest break, after which we shall march non-stop to the Pole.