Team members say

My biggest concern when leaving Bellingshausen was that the amazing seven people I had spent so long with would be separated among 70 strangers once we joined the 2008 IAE Expedition on the MV Ushuaia and continued down the Antarctic Peninsula for the next 10 days.

I also thought that I would be spending all my time trying to get people to understand what we were doing there, but in reality, everyone here not only understands it but loves it.

Americans, Russians, Australians, Koreans, people from 25 different nationall agreeing on one point: That renewable energy is the only way forward.

I can’t think of a time when so many nations agreed on one issue and wanted to take action, and if we’ve only inspired these 70 people, then that’s enough for me, because these 70 people will then go away and inspire another 70 people and they in turn will inspire more.

And all these little changes make huge ripples. Some people will look at what I’ve done and think I was mad. It was hard, but I hope my small actions have inspired this first group of 70 people, and hopefully some of you out there, reading this message.

In my eyes, this was a job well done…

Russell’s initial thoughts on climate change…

I must be honest and say up until hearing about 2041 and Robert Swan I only knew very little and it hadn’t really impacted on my life. But since learning more and seeing what’s happening and being a father and knowing it’s my own children and grand kids its affecting it becomes more personal.