Position: Lat 89.405 South Long 88.302 West

Miles covered: 23

Total miles covered: 588

Miles to the South Pole: 36

Air temperature: - 27 C

Conditions: Good with fairly light winds

escort agencies Paris at this brilliant site.

The team are all fit and well and very excited as they enter the final miles of their journey to the South Pole. They have covered 37 miles since Tuesday, halving the remaining distance.

On Wednesday 19th Jauary they travelled 12 miles over mainly flat ice with small sastrugi. The temperature was -27 C and the windspeed 5 knots. Similarly, on Thursday they covered another 12 miles in identical temperatures with a wind of 4 knots. The ice conditions are now constant and they anticipate them to remain flat for the final miles.

Arrival is now scheduled, weather and injury permitting, for Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Rosie has sent through her report on kit, 'Kit Cat'.

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