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Archive

Delayed Journey

I’ll be home for Christmas

Antarctic

An Englishman in … Economy

Antarctic

A quick swim in Scanda-pore

Antarctic
Arrival into Hobart

Arrival into Hobart

Antarctic

South …

Antarctic
Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

Antarctic

The ice pack

Antarctic

The ice pack – part 2

Antarctic

TO CONCORDIA… AND BEYOND

Antarctic
Antarctic Penguins

P… P… P… Pick up a Penguin

Antarctic, Press
After running 100 metres in minus 50 degrees... de-icer required

And it burns, burns, burns… The 150 Degrees Club

Antarctic

The worlds most expensive haircut

Antarctic

The Skua: Antarctica’s Pterodactyl

Antarctic
McMurdo: Little America

McMurdo: Little America

Antarctic
congratulations-you-won-doctor-concordia

Congratulations! You won ‘position of the doctor’ in the Concordia Tombola

Antarctic

Jamaican Times – Doc completes voyage to the most isolated base on Earth

Antarctic

Leaving Las Vegas, Antarctica

Antarctic

McMurdo School of Dentistry, Antarctica – Graduation Day

Antarctic

Cucumber and Oxygen: Fool’s Gold?

Antarctic, Isolation

Life or Death? Cake or Death?

Antarctic

Golf In Antarctica; Setting up my Lab

Antarctic
Goodbye and Good Luck

Goodbye and Goodluck

Antarctic
Swimming in Antarctica

Swimming in Antarctica

Antarctic
Great balls of fire

Great balls of fire: I think we all just died, Again

Antarctic
Sir David Attenborough

What a Wonderful World Indeed

Antarctic
Seascape

Seascape: Arrive dans l’Antarctique

Antarctic
Without Stopping: Taking Tea with New Zealand's Natural History Film-Maker, Anthony Powell

Without Stopping: Taking Tea with New Zealand’s Natural History Film-Maker, Anthony Powell

Antarctic, New York Times
Mount Melbourne and Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica

Mount Melbourne and Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica

Antarctic
Paul-Emile Victor

The Eskimo of Bora-Bora: Paul-Émile Victor

Antarctic
Dr Kumar, I presume?

Dr Kumar, I presume?

Antarctic, Isolation

Sights and Sounds from back home

Antarctic, Isolation
Sir Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s Hut

“I’m going in… and I will be sometime”: Sir Capt. Robert Falcon Scott’s Hut

Antarctic
Video-link-to-netherthorpe-school

Live Video link to UK School Class – Netherthorpe School

Antarctic

www.esa.int

Antarctic, European Space Agency

News Track India

Antarctic

Stockport Grammar School

Antarctic

exo – The Heat Inside – News

Antarctic

EXO2 in Antarctica

Antarctic

Jamieson and Smith

Antarctic
The Frozen Sigma

Sigma User – The Frozen Sigma

Antarctic

Home Sweet Home

Antarctic

Following in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Footsteps in 2014

Antarctic
Camping out in memory of Scott

I am going outside: Camping out in memory of Scott and his men

Antarctic

Netherthorpe School

Antarctic

BBC Radio 4 Scott Centenary Interview

Antarctic
Camping in a tent in Minus 70 degrees Celcius

Camping in a tent in Minus 70 degrees Celcius

Antarctic

BBC Radio 4 Scott Centenary Interview

Antarctic

BBC News Article I wrote on Dr Edward Wilson: forgotten hero

Antarctic, BBC News

BBC News Article I wrote on Dr Edward Wilson: forgotten hero

Antarctic, BBC News
Buxton Advertiser Online

Buxton Advertiser Online – Alex’s tribute to Captain Scott

Antarctic

Friday 13th at Concordia: it was the best of times and worst of times

Antarctic

Kings College London – Alumnus profile

Antarctic

The Hindu – Crossing Antarctica with the Tricolour in hand

Antarctic

Buxton Advertiser – Minus 70? You must be having a laugh

Antarctic

Astronauts in Caves: The Story of Siffre

Antarctic, European Space Agency, Isolation

Interview with Doctor Dale Mole – South Pole ‘Submarine’ Doc

Antarctic

High Peak Review – Alex of Antarctica

Antarctic
The Worse Winter in the World

The Worse Winter in the World

Antarctic, Isolation, New York Times

Ice Scoops – Antarctica stands in for Mars

Antarctic

The Independent (Sunday edition)

Antarctic
Antarctic Heat Wave

Antarctic Heat Wave: global warming in the Antarctic winter?

Antarctic, Isolation

ABC Melbourne Breakfast show – Marooned in Antarctica

Antarctic

1983, Vostok and the World’s Coldest Temperature ever Recorded

Antarctic
The clearest night sky in the world

The clearest night sky in the world?

Antarctic

ESA News – Farewell to the sun

Antarctic, European Space Agency
House MD

In da House, MD

Antarctic
Celebrating the Queen's Jubilee in Antarctica

Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee in Antarctica

Antarctic
Hole in the Bucket

Hole in the bucket

Antarctic, Isolation
Holy Cow goes polar

Holy Cow goes Polar: my sister, Natasha

Antarctic
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep… Over

Antarctic, Isolation

Bringing it on home, doing Time

Antarctic

621 hPa, Under Pressure

Antarctic

Iridium Everywhere – The Alex Kumar Story

Antarctic

Cooking on Ice – BBC World Service interview Today

Antarctic

The Coldest Birthday Ever… in Antarctica

Antarctic

Student BMJ – The Coldest job on earth

Antarctic, Press
Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day: It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Antarctic

ABC Melbourne – Diamond Jubilee Tea Party

Antarctic

BBC Radio4 – Jubilee Celebrations Antarctic Style

Antarctic
The world's coldest and most extreme Diamond Jubilee Tea Party

-70C … The world’s coldest and most extreme Diamond Jubilee Tea Party

Antarctic

Goooooood Morning Concordia !

Antarctic
My new hobby, Astrophotography at -70 degrees Celsius.

My new hobby, Astrophotography at -70 degrees Celsius.

Antarctic, Isolation
Happy Midwinter

Happy Midwinter: hypoxic arabic hippos playing the music of Shackleton to tennis in the dark in -70 Celsius

Antarctic, Isolation
The Coldest game of Tennis in the World

The Coldest game of Tennis in the World

Antarctic
Médecins Sans Frontières, Antarctica: Sleeping with one eye open

Médecins Sans Frontières, Antarctica: Sleeping with one eye open

Antarctic, Isolation

Peak Courier – Minus 70 in Antarctica’s Wimbledon

Antarctic

Hysterical Despair, Alone: Overwintering in Antarctica isn’t machoism, its madness

Antarctic, Isolation

Sunday Times of India – I watch Bollywood movies in Antarctica?

Antarctic
Climbing one of Antarctica's highest towers

Climbing one of Antarctica’s highest towers … in darkness in -96 Celsius windchill

Antarctic
Aurora Australis

A teardrop from Heaven: Aurora Australis

Antarctic
Hell on Earth

Dante on ice: Nine circles of Hell

Antarctic

Moths to the light

Antarctic

What would Ernest Shackleton have tweeted?

Antarctic, BBC News
Happy 70th Birthday Dad from Antarctica

Happy 70th Birthday Dad from Antarctica… a family history to celebrate!

Antarctic

The World – Geo Quiz – Radio Interview

Antarctic

Mars Society 15th Annual International Mars Society Convention

Antarctic

Times of India

Antarctic
The Long Jump... over the Moon and onto Mars

The Long Jump… over the Moon and onto Mars

Antarctic

BBC News Future… Antarctica to Mars: The loneliest job in the world

Antarctic, BBC News

WhaleyBridge.com – Alex of Antarctica wows Mars convention

Antarctic

The New York Times – In Antarctica, Dreaming of Mars

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – Journey to Antarctica

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – An Antarctic State of Mind

Antarctic, New York Times

BBC News – Surviving the worst winter in the world

Antarctic, BBC News

SpaceRef International – Interview

Antarctic

The New York Times – False Hope in the First Dawn

Antarctic, New York Times

Antarctica Dawn Breaks, Ending Months Of Darkness

Antarctic

Our Amazing Planet – Interview and Gallery

Antarctic

Podcast – New York Times Science Section

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – The Best Cuisine on Antarctic Ice

Antarctic, Isolation, New York Times

Mars Society UK Annual Meeting 25th August 2012

Antarctic

The New York Times – ‘Big Brother’ in Antarctica

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – Beyond Antarctica’s Photo Opportunity

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – So You Want to Be an Hivernaut?

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – Lost in Time in the Antarctic Ice Age

Antarctic, New York Times

Surviving on the Edge: Medicine in Antarctica

Antarctic

BBC News ‘Viewpoint’ Article: When will we send humans to Mars

Antarctic, BBC News, Isolation

BBC News ‘Viewpoint’ Article: Should we send humans to Mars?

Antarctic, BBC News

BBC News ‘Viewpoint’ Article: When will we send humans to Mars

Antarctic, BBC News, Isolation

BBC News ‘Viewpoint’ Article: Should we send humans to Mars?

Antarctic, BBC News

The New York Times – The Coldest Journey on Earth

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – The Journey to White Mars

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – Moonwalking on Planet Concordia

Antarctic, New York Times

BBC NEWS: The Coldest Science in the World

Antarctic, BBC News

BBC NEWS: The Coldest Science in the World

Antarctic, BBC News
The New York Times - Preparing The Ideal Astronaut

The New York Times – Preparing an Ideal Astronaut

Antarctic, Isolation, New York Times

Preparing for ‘re-entry’ (and my song of the year)

Antarctic, European Space Agency
Hanging Up Winter's Coat

ESA Blog – Hanging up winter’s coat

Antarctic, European Space Agency

The New York Times – Breathing in the Currency of Life

Antarctic, New York Times
Breaking nine months of isolation

The New York Times – Breaking Nine Months of Isolation

Antarctic, Isolation, New York Times

The New York Times – Malaria or Mars?

Antarctic, New York Times

The New York Times – Re-Entry After the ‘Worst Winter in the World’

Antarctic, Isolation, New York Times
Royal Geographical Society

Royal Geographical Society Hong Kong

Antarctic
CNN Travel

Enduring the worst winter in the world – CNN Travel – Kate Whitehead

Antarctic

“Meet the Antarctic Astronaut” at the Natural History Museum

Antarctic

Student BMJ – The coldest job on earth:

Antarctic
Shackleton Epic - Alexander Kumar

Shackleton Epic Expedition Update and Account

Antarctic
Oxford Times

Oxford Times – Doctor sets out for next epic adventure

Antarctic
Reading School - Alexander Kumar

Talking to Reading School, October 2013

Antarctic, Isolation
An American Shutdown Reaches the Earth’s End

An American Shutdown Reaches the Earth’s End

Antarctic, New York Times
nautilus

The Harshest Return – Living in Antarctica is hard; coming home can be harder.

Antarctic
Royal Geographical Society's Geographical Magazine

An article for the Royal Geographical Society’s Geographical Magazine.

Antarctic
Royal Photographic Society Journal

Royal Photographic Society Journal

Antarctic
How to survive a winter in Antarctica – in pictures

How to survive a winter in Antarctica – in pictures

Antarctic, The Guardian
Royal Photographic Society

White Mars, Living on Planet Concordia Exhibition at RPS

Antarctic, Isolation
LaLettura

LaLettura – Italian Online Magazine

Antarctic
Adventure Medic

Aventure Medic – Doctors of Concordia Station

Antarctic, European Space Agency
PINC-Why-Ebola

PINC Netherlands 2015: Why Ebola?

Antarctic, Ebola

Space Week: A Space Medicine Special

Antarctic
Radio 4 - All in the mind

Psychology of a Mars mission (BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind)

Antarctic
CNN Thumb

CNN Interview – White Mars

Antarctic
Sigma: Antarctica, 100 years on

Sigma: Antarctica, 100 years on

Antarctic
The Miami Herald - No. 1 trip of a lifetime? Antarctica is like visiting Mars

No. 1 trip of a lifetime? Antarctica is like visiting Mars – The Miami Herald

Antarctic
Singularity University - How a Mars Voyage Will Be Like Enduring an Antarctic Winter

Singularity University – How a Mars Voyage Will Be Like Enduring an Antarctic Winter

Antarctic, Isolation
HIV/AIDS Risk and Prevention Issues Among Inuit Living in the Canadian Arctic

HIV/AIDS Risk and Prevention Issues Among Inuit Living in the Canadian Arctic

Antarctic
Global-Perspectives-Guest-Speake

Global Perspectives Guest Speaker

Antarctic, Press
Condé Nast Traveller - Antarctica's secret Amazon Article

Condé Nast Traveller – Antarctica’s secret Amazon Article

Antarctic, Press, Research
Telegraph (UK) - Travel - Published in 'The Big Picture'

The Telegraph (UK) – Travel – Big Picture Photo

Antarctic, Photography, Press

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