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South Pole Equipment and Clothing List
The following is a full list of all the clothing and equipment I took on the expedition across Antarctica, and some equipment that I decided to leave behind. I have included some comments on how good I actually found the product to use in the rightmost column. In most cases there were alternatives - I have only listed the item I actually ended up purchasing. I'm very happy to answer any questions about this. Goretex is generally not recommended for any equipment as it does not function well in low temperatures.
South Pole Equipment List
Item
Total Qty
Mfr/Product Purchased
Supplier
Cur.
Cost
General Comments
Product Comments
Outer Clothing
Expedition weight down parka with hood
1
Rab Batura
Needle Sports
GBP
299.99
Excellent, but make sure it's large enough to take on & off easily over wind anorak
Breathable wind anorak or full zip jacket with good hood and good pockets
1
Wintergreen Expedition Shell anorak with fur ruff
Wintergreen
USD
335.00
Has zip-on coyote fur ruff.
Excellent - light but provides great wind protection
Breathable pair of wind pants with full side zips
1
Wintergreen Mens Guide Shell pants
Wintergreen
USD
125.00
Excellent - light but provides great wind protection
Outer Layers
Fleece / pile pants or a one-piece farmer john style suit
1
Arcteryx Gamma Salopette
Mountain Gear
USD
289.97
The one-piece suit should not be too heavy fleece but rather a soft shell or schroller outer. Drop seat zip or appropriate centre zip for toilet use
Excellent - very hi-tech and well thought out
Fleece jacket, soft shell or puff ball type jacket.
1
Patagonia Mens R2 Jacket
Patagonia
JPY
22,050
Pockets important (look at a jacket with a hood). NB R2 does not have a hood.
Good, but didn't use much
Inner Layers
Light weight underwear tops
2
Patagonia Capilene LW Crew
Patagonia
JPY
4,620
Must be capilene or a high quality synthetic material. NO COTTON. Zip t-neck best.
Good, but make not too small. Product with loops over thumbs probably better
Light weight underwear bottoms (long johns)
2
Patagonia Mens Capilene LW Bottoms
Patagonia
JPY
4,410
Good, but make not too small
Boxer shorts
2
Arctic Boxer Shorts
Brynje
NOK
380
Essential - excellent product
Expedition weight long sleeved top
1
North Face M's Expedition shirt
Patagonia
GBP
49.99
Zip t-neck best
Excellent - used this a lot
Expedition weight long johns
1
Patagonia Mens Capilene EW Stretch Bottoms
Patagonia
JPY
10,500
Didn't use these much - generally too warm
Feet
Heavy wool or wool/synthetic socks
4 pairs
Thorlo Mountain Sock
Needle Sports
GBP
15.99
Good product, but did wear out
Light weight liner socks
4 pairs
Thorlo Coolmax Liner Sock
Needle Sports
GBP
7.50
To be worn under wool socks
Good, but could probably have used a thinner product
Vapor Barrier socks
2 pair
Climb High VBL Socks
Campmor
USD
19.99
Tried Needle Sports but unavailable
Good, but did wear out a bit
Down boots
1 pair
Rab Down boots
For inside tent
Excellent & very useful indeed
Knee pads
1 pair
Came with salopettes
Very useful indeed
Head and Hands
Wind proof fleece hat
1
Low Mountain Cap
Needle Sports
GBP
29.99
Wind shelled hat lined with fleece, with good earflaps and preferably with a built in visor.
Excellent - used this a lot
Light weight wool or fleece hat
1
Mountain Hardware Dome Perignon
Needle Sports
GBP
15.99
As back up. Orginally ordered Terra Nova P200 Took Hat but unavailable.
Only used this for sleeping, but worth taking
Fleece neck tubes (neck gaiters)
2
Terra Nova P 200 Neck Gaitor
Needle Sports
GBP
13.99
Can double as ear band and are good for covering the eyes for sleeping. With neck tube goggles/beak face should be completely covered.
Excellent - used all the time
Light weight fleece or synthetic balaclava
1
Mountain Hardwear Polartec Balaclava
Needle Sports
GBP
18.99
Originally ordered Terra Nova Powerstretch Balaclava but unavailable.
Excellent - used all the time
Polar Buff
1
Buff
Buff
USD
26.99
Altternative to neck tube
Only used this for sleeping, but some people really find them useful
Light liner gloves
2 pair
Terra Nova Thinny Glove
Needle Sports
GBP
4.99
1st layer
Poor product - wore out very quickly
Fleece or wool mitts
2 pair
Terra Nova Fleece Mitts
Snowsled Polar
GBP
46.00
2nd layer. To fit in to the windproof over mitts
Excellent - used all the time.
Windproof over mitts
2 pair
Ventile outer mitt
Snowsled Polar
GBP
65.00
3rd layer. 2nd pair added on top of Denise's list because of wear of Ventile. With cord to hang round neck.
Excellent product, but only necessary when it got really cold & windy. Inner lining would be better if sewn in rather than loose.
Fleece or wool mitts
1 pair
Rab Expedition Down Mitts
Needle Sports
GBP
79.99
Kept for safety, but never used
Heavier fleece or wool gloves
1 pair
Terra Nova Guide Glove
Needle Sports
GBP
39.99
1st/2nd layer. Best if the liners can fit in this layer, and have this layer fit in to the mitt system. You may like to have a pair of windproof mountaineering gloves with the fleece gloves inside.
Not generally warm enough to use
Good quality goggles
2 pair
Julbo - Planet Goggle 143
Needle Sports
GBP
44.99
Excellent - used all the time
Nose beak for goggles
1
Custom made
Made of fleece and wind proof material, sewn to the inside foam of the goggles. It should cover all of your nose, cheeks and as much of your face as possible. It should be loose but provide sun and wind protection.
Used a lot to start with, but caused goggles to condense up easily and changed to using neck gaiter coming up underneath goggles. Hannah did make one she found very effective.
Good quality 100%UV protective sunglasses with side shields
1 pair
Julbo Colorado 39 Alti-Spectron
Needle Sports
GBP
39.99
Glacier glasses. The glasses should not have metal rims. Denise recommended two pairs sunglasses and one goggles.
Used in camp only
Good quality 100%UV protective sunglasses with side shields
1 pair
Sherpa 79
Needle Sports
GBP
29.99
Used in camp only
Handkerchiefs
3
Any
Essential
Sleeping
Expedition rated mummy style sleeping bag rated to -35 to -40 F
1
Rab Expedition 1100
Needle Sports
GBP
460.00
Down is preferred, as it is much lighter
Excellent, but often too warm
Closed cell foam sleeping mat
1
Arctic Multimat
Needle Sports
GBP
13.99
Ridgerest or type with perforated surface are warmer
Worked well
Full length thermarest
1
Thermarest ProLite 3
Needle Sports
GBP
74.99
Prolite 3 lighter than Prolite 4
Too thin - should have got a thicker one
Medical
Small personal first aid kit
1
Ortlieb First Aid Kit Medium
Needle Sports
GBP
13.99
Mostly with foot care items. ALE will provide a full first aid kit with drugs.
Blister plasters
8
Coloplast Compeed for Blisters Medium
Needle Sports
GBP
4.50
Large & medium size only
Very useful to take
Blister plasters
4
Sorbothane Sorboskin
Needle Sports
GBP
3.99
Ulcer cream
1
Not necessary
Anti-fungal cream
1
Canesten
Useful to take, or powder
Athlete's foot cream
2
Not necessary
Savlon
2
Probably not necessary
Surgical tape
3
Necessary
Arnica cream
1
Very useful
Ibuprofen
2 pack
Very useful
Arnica tablets
1 pack
Took, but did not use
No Jet Lag tablets
2 pack
Hand carry
For flights only - not required on expedition
Bach Rescue Remedy
1
Not necessary
Earplugs
1 pair
Useful
Towel
2
Lifeventure small trek towel
GBP
8.99
Useful
Sunscreen rated 45
2
Very necessary
Aspirin
1 pack
Too mild to be useful
Sunscreen for lips
1
Very necessary
Toiletries
Heavy zip lock bag for toiletries
1
Works well as a small wash bowl
Useful
Small wash cloth
2
Quick drying
Useful
Small bar of soap
2
Useful
Toothbrush
2
Very necessary
Toothpaste
2
Screw-on top
Very necessary
Lip balm
1
Very necessary
Disposable razor
2
Did not use
Shaving foam
2
Did not use
Vaseline intensive care
2
Useful
Small mirror
1
Useful
Papers etc.
Eye shields for sleeping
1
Dream Essentials Infinity Sleep Mask
Dream Essentials
USD
32.95
Like the sort you get on a plane
Very necessary - worth getting a high quality product that covers the eyes well
Glasses
1
Did not use
Small light weight journal
2
100 pages each (3 pages/day)
Very necessary - if you're going to write one
Small paperback book
2
The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying, On Living & Dying
Did not find any time to read, but might have done if we'd been held up a long time
Paper & envelopes
30
Airmail type
Did not use
Propelling Pencil & leads
2
Very necessary - if you're going to write a journal
Pen
1
Did not work well
Flag from BST
Items from children etc
Elastic bands
10
Very handy
Family photographs
6
Very nice to have indeed
Documentation & papers
Money
1
US$400
USD
400.00
For S.Pole purchases
Treats for resupply
1
Green & Blacks chocolate. Xmas presents
Very nice to have indeed
Cameras etc
Small Swiss army knife
1
Jolly Mountain
GBP
24.99
Leatherman is a better multi-tool. Pliers were useful.
Watch
1
Suunto Vector
Mountain Gear
USD
159.98
Very necessary, but altimeter etc on this one nit necessary. All you need is a watch that you can see easily from under heavy clot ing and that has a good alarm.
Camera
1
Yashica FX-3 Super 2000
eBay
USD
79.00
Good to have a manual camera, although this one developed problems
Camera case
1
eBay
USD
12.95
Necessary protection
Film
20
JPY
17,000
10 photos/day = 16 films of 36.
Only took about 5 films overall - there's not that much to photograph!
Batteries for manual camera
8
eBay
USD
7.99
Spares very necessary
Digital camera
Sony DSC-P30
0
Worth having both digital & manual, but make sure you have a good way of storing a lot of digital pictures
Batteries for digital camera
AA Lithium Batteries
USD
Spares very necessary
Miscellaneous equipment
One litre water bottle
3
Lexan bottle wide mouth coloured
Needle Sports
GBP
9.99
One to be used as a pee bottle, 1 instead of thermos
Essential
Insulating cover for bottle
2
Outdoor Research Water Bottle Parka
Outdoor Research
USD
18.95
Essential
Insulated mug with lid
1
MSR
Essential - MSR product is good
Light weight non breakable bowl
1
Hi-Gear Plastic Plate/Bowl
Needle Sports
GBP
1.20
A big deep bowl is best, but make very sure it is unbreakable
Spoon
1
Lexan TEKK Cutlery Set
Needle Sports
GBP
2.99
Fits inside mug
Well worth making sure you can keep it in mug
Extra large duffle bag
1
TNF Base Camp Duffle Bag Extra Large
Needle Sports
GBP
109.99
To carry most gear
Worked well for carrying to PH
Large duffle bag
1
TNF Base Camp Duffle Bag Large
Needle Sports
GBP
89.99
For resupply equipment
Worked well for carrying to PH
Stuff sacs
6
Outdoor Research
USD
14.95
Several - to accomdate your clothing and items. Best to have different colours so you can identify them by colour. Just cheap, light medium & large, no waterproofing.
Essential - different colours very important, or write on them very legibly with marker
Pulk harness
1
Snowsled standard rope harness
Snowsled Polar
GBP
104.58
Could use ALE but not very comfortable
Good product
Climbing harness
1
Troll Alpinist Harness
Needle Sports
GBP
29.99
Did not use, but necessary
Technology
Satellite phone
Iridium Motorola 9500
ALE
USD
700.00
Very well worth taking
Data interface
Iridium Data Kit
ALE
USD
120.00
Required for PDA connection
Phone charger
Iridium 12V Charger
ALE
Incl.
Required for phone
SIM card for phone
1
Marconi
Mike Sharp/ High Latitude
USD
341.00
Required for phone
PDA
1
iPAQ 2215
Human Edge Tech
USD
410.00
Take mains charger to Punta Arenas
Good product
PDA charger
1
iPAQ 12V Charger
Human Edge Tech
USD
40.00
Required for PDA
Spare stylus for PDA
1
Very useful to take
Memory stick to CF adaptor
2
Human Edge Tech
USD
40.00
2 received
Required to transfer photos to PDA
SD back-up card for PDA
2
128MB SD card
Human Edge Tech
USD
45.00
Worth having a couple of cards for double back-up
PDA charger cable
1
HET PDA Connection Cable
Human Edge Tech
USD
80.00
Required for PDA
Solar panel charge controller
1
7 Amp Charge Controller
Human Edge Tech
USD
24.00
Not necessary
Rechargeable battery
1
2.5 Amp 12V Rechargeable Battery
Human Edge Tech
USD
110.00
Not necessary - very heavy and easier to charge directly
Custom made charge cables
1
Human Edge Tech
USD
40.00
Terrible - broke easily in the cold
Spare fuses
3
Not necessary - only for rechargeable battery
Contact PDA software
1
Contact 3.0 Software
Human Edge Tech
USD
900.00
Works well, but could be improved
Contact server configuration
1
Server Configuration
Human Edge Tech
USD
200.00
Works very well
Image editor
1
UltraG
Human Edge Tech
USD
0.00
Works well, but Pocket Artist might be better
Solar panel
1
Brunton SolarRoll 14
Moontrail
USD
339.00
Delivery to UK
Works OK, but has very poor connector and you need to figure out and easy way to lay it out - best is probably to have clips to fasten it over the tent. A flat panel like the T-20 is probably easier.
iPod & headphones
1
iPod (3G)
Very well worth taking - but minidisc lasts much longer on very small battery demands.
iPod battery
1
Macsales
USD
25.99
Worth getting the maximum capacity you can
iPod car charger
1
Macsales
USD
14.99
Required for iPod
Skis, boot and poles
Metal edge touring skis, skins and bindings
1 pair
Asnes Rago with new skin system
Sportsnett
NOK
2,600
As a group, it is best that we all have the same ski, binding and boot system. Or, at least have two sets of different systems so those repairs can be accommodated easily.
Wide skins are necessary - we started with only thin ones and had to refit
Boots matching the binding system
1 pair
Alfa boots including one wool innerboot
Sportsnett
NOK
3,700
Smaller boots to resupply
Terrible product. Innerboots disintegrate quickly, three pin binding system is very dufficult to get into, and boots themselves started to get damaged as well
Excellent quality light weight ski poles
1 pair
Swix Mountain with cork handles
Sportsnett
NOK
550
Preferably Nordic type or touring poles with Nordic (extra large) baskets. Cork or leather handles are warmest. Ensure straps are adjustable and large enough to fit a thick mitt is needed.
Good product
Spare baskets for poles
1 pair
Worth taking one or two
Insulating Gaitors
1 pair
OR overboots
Sportsnett
NOK
1,500
For extra warmth
Not necessary
Lightweight Gaitors
1 pair
Aiguille ski gaiter
Needle Sports
GBP
Useful for very heavy snow, but ended up not using much
Items not taken
Good quality one litre thermos flask
1
Or have two water bottles with covers as they are much lighter to carry.
Would nver have used - insulated bottles were fine
Insulated mug with lid
1
Aladdin Insulated Plastic Mug
Needle Sports
GBP
2.75
Use the MSR mug from Craig instead
GPS if you own one
0
N/A
Do not need to purchase as guide will carry two
Would have been nice to have
Compass if you own one
0
N/A
Do not need to purchase
Not needed
Windproof over mitts
1 pair
Salewa Inspire Overmitt
Sportsnett
NOK
349
Zoom lens
1
Contax Vario-Sonnar T 28-70mm
Or just use 50mm?
Would have been useless and entirely excess weight
Heavier fleece or wool gloves
1 pair
Terra Nova Sticky Thicky
Needle Sports
GBP
14.99
Antiseptic wipes
1 pack
Should have taken - handy for emergencies
Wind proof fleece hat
1
Terra Nova Hot Took Hat
Needle Sports
GBP
19.99
Headband
1
Terra Nova Windy Headband
Needle Sports
GBP
14.99
Heavier fleece or wool gloves
1 pair
Terra Nova Windy
Needle Sports
GBP
22.99
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