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 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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- 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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Jim McNeill
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
....A Year From Now - #LASTPOLE
Thoughts of #Lastpole.......a year hence!
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- Sep 6, 2019
- 1 min
Adobe Sparks interest in Ice Warrior
https://blog.adobespark.com/2017/04/27/spark-spotlight-ice-warrior-challenge/ Adobe is the first name in editing software for...
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- Aug 15, 2019
- 1 min
Wolsey meet the Ice Warrior to talk #LASTPOLE
https://www.wolsey.com/blogs/magazine/the-quest-to-the-last-place-on-earth Wolsey is the oldest British menswear brand built on design...
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- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Are you qualified .... or competent?
The expectation for someone paying for a navigation course is that after 16 hours, or whatever, they receive their bit of paper telling...
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- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
Explorer Talks
Join us for an evening of discovery and endeavour. With more than 35 years of experience as an explorer, Jim McNeill will recount...
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- Mar 22, 2019
- 1 min
The Why Foundation - Climate Change
On Monday 25 March, Jim will be taking part in "Why Argue?" as part of the CPH : DOX ( Copenhagen International Documentary Film...
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