Long Read: Operation Coldfeet - Skyhook & The Daring Raid on an Abandoned Soviet Ice Station

At the height of the Cold War the Soviets operated a network of floating ice stations across the Arctic region in order to monitor American maritime and submaritime activities. When the ice upon which these stations were sitting became too thin or broken up, they would be abandoned by their crews and left to drift amongst the ice floes alone. Alone, that is, until the US Navy found one.

Hell and High Water: Gallipoli 101 Years On

It was just before dawn on April 24th 1915 when troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) waded ashore on Gaba Tepe beach to begin an eight-month ordeal that would test them to their very limits. They were followed by the British and French in more allied landings all across the Gallipoli peninsula and the ensuing campaign would involve over 500,000 allied troops in all and would leave 141,000 laying injured or dead by its end.

101 years ago out at sea in the darkness the whistle blew. And so began eight months of hell.

Racing the Iditarod: The Last Great Race on Earth

This year on March 5th, around 100 sled dog teams will take part in the last great race on earth. A thousand miles of Alaskan wilderness lays between the start line in Anchorange and the end point on the frozen Bering Strait. The teams will face whiteout conditions, subzero temperatures, a windchill factor of up to -100°C and some of the roughest terrain in the world. This is the Iditarod.

When the Time Comes: Meeting the Third Man at Death's Door

James Sevigny lay bleeding to death and alone in a remote part of the Rocky Mountains after an avalanche carried him over 2000ft to what he imagined would be his death. He lay there with his back broken in two places, both his kneecaps shattered, loosing blood quickly and he gave up on life. He curled up in the snow and waited to die. But he didn't and he later claimed he was not alone. He is not the only one to have experienced this phenomenon. This is the story of the third man.

The British North Greenland Expedition

In 1952, Commander James Simpson RN led an expedition of 25 explorers made up of men from the armed forces, merchant navy and civilian scientists to North Greenland. The purpose of the expedition was to carry out scientific studies in glaciology, meteorology, geology and physiology and also to provide useful information about the Arctic environment to the armed forces. During their time on the icecap, expedition members made pioneering ascents in the Barth Mountains and Dronning Louise Land. The team faced record low temperatures, winters of 24 hours darkness and summers of 24 hours daylight.