Braving the extreme weather elements was only part of the adventure in Antartica for artist Anthony James.
The opportunity to be the first artist to have a piece installed in Antarctica was too tempting, despite the haul to get there. The British-born artist asked his best friend, fashion photographer Craig McDean, to join him on the journey to have and document the adventure.
“Everything is ice. It’s literally a white desert. It’s bizarre,” he said. “It’s crazy looking out of the window, when you spot the runway there. It’s like corduroy. They’ve literally cut grooves into the ice so they can stop the plane. The jet pauses outside of the camp.” In the sub-30 degree tundra for less than a week, James periodically ventured outdoors, where visitors can trek around mountains and go down into a crevasse. “I did a few of the activities. I’m not the most adventurous guy sometimes. But yeah, I’d gone all that way. [laughs] I went for a climb. I went out on a climb. I went on the Ski-Doo. I went outside every day,” James said. “You could take an airplane to the South Pole. Craig did it. I decided I didn’t want to do it that date.
Given that, travelers lose all sense of time without a watch. Smartphones are out, as there is no cell service. “I found it hard to sleep but they made it so comfortable with the poshest conditions on earth,” James said.
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