ALE (Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions)

ALE is company registered in the USA providing access to and logistics within Antarctica. I have worked for them in one capacity or another for the last 3 seasons but this is to be my longest by some margin.
This Antarctic summer is particularly special because in December we will be celebrating 100 years since Norwegian Roald Amundsen first arrived at the South Pole, followed a month later by Robert Falcon Scott of the UK. A quick search will tell you all you need to know about their expeditions and how life was in the early days of polar exploration. Nowadays things are very different. Over the course of this season ALE will be flying/driving and supporting numerous expeditions to the South Pole. Over 100 people will be making their journey across the 100s of miles of frozen desert either under their own steam on Skis, by kite, or using a variety of Bio and/or Fossil fuels, some retracing the exact steps of their fellow countrymen taken exactly 100 years ago wearing and carrying replica gear. I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to be driving one of the blue vans across the continent to be at the Pole on the 14th of December for the first of the Centenary celebarations. More about the vans to follow in the next post, for more info on ALE click here - Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions