Training to Become a Polar Explorer #2 Are you up to it?
It doesn’t matter which extreme environment you’re contemplating the same things happens in extreme expeditions which may just put you...
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Jim McNeill
- May 9, 2021
- 2 min
Training to become a real polar explorer #1 - scene setting.
Most people who come to Ice Warrior do so as (almost) complete novices. Ordinary people many of whom never dreamed they could take part...
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Jim McNeill
- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
How I got Here #4
After a short but very sweet spell in Her Majesty’s Army I retrained in Marketing Communications to run some of my brother, Charles’...
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Jim McNeill
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Beer With Latitude
From Dartmoor to the Arctic Ocean - Ice Warrior Ale - The Beer With Latitude
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Jim McNeill
- Apr 5, 2021
- 2 min
What is Ice Warrior?
Develop, Discover, Deliver and Engage others in caring for this wonderful world. At the tender age of 16 I had, honestly, never read a...
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Jim McNeill
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
How I Got Into This #3
How do you get from ordinary bloke to polar explorer?
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Jim McNeill
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
How I got into this #2
Despite the fact that Outward Bound didn’t make any difference to my academic prowess, somehow, I managed to scrape enough A Levels to...
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Jim McNeill
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
How I got into this #1
After 36 years of polar exploration and 20 years of data-gathering for Ice Warrior’s scientific partners, the question I get asked the...
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Jim McNeill
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
20 Years of Ice Warrior
In 2001 I dreamt of creating a project which would, as corny as it sounds, make my life worthwhile. Selfish by design but delivering real...
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Jim McNeill
- Dec 7, 2020
- 1 min
Planning, planning, promoting......
Throughout lockdown I've been hugely busy planning - you know, the stuff of numb bum and square eyes, as you sit on the computer all day!...
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Jim McNeill
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Have You got what it Takes?
So, you’ve done your sportive and muddy assault courses, you’ve done your marathons, triathlons, ultras and ultimate challenges. How...
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- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
So you think you know how to navigate?
You’re travelling on a path. The mist comes down. The path becomes indistinct. Now there are three paths....
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- Mar 26, 2020
- 1 min
Reaching new customers
I am in the process of creating an e-commence element for the Ice Warrior site. You can view products sold through Ice Warrior and order...
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- Mar 26, 2020
- 1 min
The draw of the great outdoors
During these extraordinary times we are all being told, correctly, to stay at home and limit our contact with other people. However we...
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- Feb 22, 2020
- 1 min
Why is an ocean current critical to world weather losing steam? - National Geographic article
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2019/12/why-ocean-current-critical-to-world-weather-losing-steam Why is...
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- Feb 15, 2020
- 1 min
Out of My Comfort Zone
Out Of My Comfort Zone - Part One - a blog by Emma Khan describing her experience of The Polar Training in Svalbard this January....
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Jim McNeill
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
....A Year From Now - #LASTPOLE
Thoughts of #Lastpole.......a year hence!
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- Feb 6, 2020
- 3 min
Finding Your Feet - a guide to our current footwear range.
Our range of walking boots has expanded so I wish to talk you through the footwear we have on offer. Many of these products come in...
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- Jan 17, 2020
- 1 min
Are you ready for Ten Tors 2020?
https://www.tentors.org.uk/ Young people across the country are once again preparing to take on Dartmoor in the Ten Tors 2020. Parents,...
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- Dec 15, 2019
- 1 min
A few Christmas gift ideas
Silva Pocket Compass - £9.00 A simple, fun and actually quite useful "stocking filler" for a young person to stimulate their interest in...
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