The explorers arrive back at Heathrow Airport
The explorers arrive back at Heathrow Airport
Martin, Ann and Charlie arrive at North Pole
Charlie taking the last samples of the expedition at the North Pole
Charlie and Ann taking the final water samples at the North Pole
Ann Daniels, Explorer Team Leader: Operations, Navigation & Surveying
Charlie Paton, Explorer Team: Navigation & Surveying
Martin Hartley
Charlie helps Ann across open water
A huge pool of water opens up at Martin's feet
Charlie drillis into the ice to measure its thickness
Martin Hartley, Explorer Team: Photography & Surveying
Ann, in her immersion suit, edges her way across some very thin ice
Charlie Paton drills into the ice to draw seawater samples
Charlie decants seawater into the 'Duran' sample bottles
Charlie puts the precious water samples into the 'yeti' box, to prevent them from freezing
Charlie helps Ann into her cumbersome immersion suit
Charlie Paton, Explorer Team: Surveying & Navigation
Charlie Paton, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels, aka 'The Explorer Team'
A huge crack opens up beneath the explorer's tent
Ann Daniels leaps across the crack as the team try to rescue their kit from the tent
Ann and Charlie continue to remove kit from the tent as the crack gets larger
The Twin Otter drops the Explorer Team off onto the ice
Krill collected at the Ice Base
The Ice Base with DC-3 Basler drop-off plane in the background
Dr Ceri Lewis pulls the copepod specimen bottles from the local ice hole