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(Our major sponsor, Iridium, provided us with satellite telephones which have revolutionised polar communications. Photo: Eric Philips) (Camp on the Ross Ice Shelf with volcanic Mt Erebus cloaked in cloud. Photo: Jon Muir) (Mt. Wade dominates the Transantarctic Mountain skyline. Camp 42, Depot 4, 790km down, 635km to go. Photo: Jon Muir) (Camp after a 2-day blizzard, the first of four to hit us, this one on the edge of the plateau (top of Zanefeld). Photo: Eric Philips)
(Eric Philips, cook for the evening, gives a cup of soup a final stir. Photo: Jon Muir) (The inside of the tent covered in rime; it was often more comfortable outside the tent. Photo: Jon Muir) (Another two hour march complete. Team rests in whiteout (no views on a day such as this). Photo: Eric Philips) (Jon (front) and Peter inside the wind bivi. Photo: Eric Philips)
(Depot 1 of four depots left on the Ross Ice Shelf in preparation for the return journey. Photo: Eric Philips) (Jon mends a damaged boot (and airs heat welts on his thighs). Repairs are almost a nightly chore on polar journeys such as this one. Photo: Eric Philips) (Jon fashions a new ski pole basket, cut from the inner wall of his sled. Photo: Eric Philips)