Tom is now 2 weeks into his solo and unsupported journey to the North Pole and everything is pretty much on track.

Everyday he is covering more ground as the ice becomes easier to navigate and the conditions are stable with minimal wind and ice drift.

Would you like to know what is fuelling Tom ? Click here for the nitty gritty on Tom’s food, how we estimated his energy requirements, the barriers we had to over come and how the pieces of the puzzle all fitted together to form Tom’s Daily Fuelling Plan!

Would you like to know what 20,000 kJ of food looks like while still weighing only ~1000g? Click here to see the photos of Tom’s food packing day on our facebook page.

Foodie Fact #2: Tom took 70 food bags with him, one for each day on the ice, ~45 “Pack A’s” and ~25″Pack B’s” .  “Pack A” provides ~40,700 kJ and weighs 1267g. Pack B provides 42,500 kJ and weighs 1363g.