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Well it's been just over a year now since we 'got to the far side', so I wanted to send out a quick update to let you know what we've been up to.

So we came back, did a lecture tour and things like that, and then life settled down to normality again:

For me, that involved cycling around Tasmania with my girlfriend, then heading down to Antarctica on a cruise ship as part of their 'Expedition Team' and official, returning then to keep planning towards what was to be my 'next big expedition' - re-enacting captain Bligh's famous 'Bounty Boat' voyage with Don McIntyre next yr, which I have subsequently pulled out of, and instead focused on photography to extract myself from Arctic debt. I went on assignment to Papua New Guinea for Australian Geographic and did some tutorial videos for Canon, and then started up my own business 'Chris Bray Photography' running 1-Day Photography Courses all around Australia (mostly in Zoos, which is kinda fun!) which has been going really well actually, backed by Canon, Australian Geographic and Lowepro! Also my partner Jess and I have got a little 29-foot junk-rig yacht over in Halifax, East-Coast Canada, and we've re-named it 'Teleport' and are now saving hard to fly over there and start sailing her home, via the Northwest Passage, Alaska, Siberia etc.. so that'll be awesome! Also started to get my act together with writing my book about the arctic trip, with a few publishers already excited =)

Clark too slipped back to the hum-drum life of an Adventurer, working like a mad-man with his expedition mate Ryan Story to compete in this year's Indian Ocean Rowing Race, only to have to pull out at the last minute when their major sponsor pulled out! So Clark's been busy finishing his film degree (He says he'll complete it in October this year! Ha ha, that has to be the longest '3-yr degree' in history Clark!). He has also been busy with some film jobs including working on the 1000 Hour Day Expedition and the Indian Ocean rowing race 2009 documentaries (for the entire race!). Oh, and his next big adventure has just been (partly) released! He plans on heading to Antarctica with fellow adventurers James Castrission and Justin Jones (the 'Crossing the ditch' kayaking boys!). Long story short, it's going to involve man-hauling sleds to the South Pole, but with a 'twist'. Stay tuned to the www.ClarkCarter.com website for that one! In between all that, we've both been basically running the Australia and New Zealand chapter of 'The Explorers Club' (I'm their new Chairman, and Clark's the Program Coordinator), so that's been fun.

Late October this year (24th - 25th) we're both entering the 'Hawkesbury Classic' which is an annual 111 km marathon canoe race overnight down the Hawkesbury River, raising money for the Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation to 'give hope to people suffering from diseases treatable by bone marrow and adult stem cell transplants'. It's open to kayaks as well as canoes, and so for the fun of it, Clark and I are dragging out our 2005-expedition PACs from under the house (actually one's been in the Australian Museum for a bit!). We're going to enter the race in those orange, home-made aluminium wheeled kayaks that we lived out of across the first 300km of Victoria Island. As they already have Australian Geographic logos conveniently on the sides, AG have kindly agreed to pay our entry fee, but we need to raise at least $200 each for the charity. So... now you know the sneaky self-serving reason for this 'out of the blue' update - anyone want to donate a few bucks to a good cause? Even just a 'fiver' would start to add up! Please!?!? =) You can use the 'Donate Now' button below... Go on, you know you want to...

Righty-oh, better get stuck back into my day... Hope you're all well.

Cheerio

Chris & Clark

Our live expedition updates are written on our tiny ASUS Eee PC 900 laptops, and sent via Iridium 9505A satellite phones from Landwide Satellite Solutions, using email compression software xGate from Global mareine Networks! Thanks guys - it's the perfect set up!