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11. Bear in St Mary’s harbour, Labrador

12. The crew stare worriedly at the dark weather clouds ahead, with no idea of what we were going into

13. Sea-fog and swell off the Labrador coast

14. Charlie ‘Lone Ranger’ Laing, our brilliant cameraman

15. Trying to rest in our ‘sardine tin’

16. The product of having soaking wet, freezing hands for days on end: the bath effect!

17. Our first iceberg. To give some perspective, this one is over eight miles away

18.
Arnold & Son Explorer
in the Greenland fjords

19. Leaving Nanortalik, following the ice towards the mouth of the Prince Christiansen Sound

20. Nige taking time out to write his diary midway through the Prince Christiansen Sound

21. Repacking and stowing kit in the Prince Christiansen Sound

22. Trying to catch up with some precious sleep as we leave the coast of Greenland. We are sleeping in the bows to try and bring the weight forward to
increase our speed

23. The sun sets over the ice plateaux of Greenland behind us

24. Entering the big head seas. We knuckle down as the conditions dramatically deteriorate. The barometer plummets some 400 miles from Iceland. In the
worst conditions, taking photos became impossible

25. Dawn finally arrives after a night of terrifying storms off Iceland

26. Andy stares out longingly towards Iceland, only fifteen miles away but still hidden, at the end of our frightening ordeal

27. One of the rare clear sunsets captured as we leave the Vestmann Islands

28. Against the backdrop of the remote, northern coast of Scotland, the
Arnold & Son Explorer
completes its journey.
(Kinloch)

29. We finally hit land! The homecoming on the beach of a small cove at Kinloch, north Scotland

30. Nige’s face says it all. Scotland at last!
(Kinloch)

31. Lt Andy Leivers and Bear Grylls, holding the Royal Navy’s White Ensign aloft as they arrive in John O’Groats.
(David Cheskin / PA
Photos)

32. The moment we had all been longing for: celebrating the ‘Mumm’ way in Scotland!
(David Cheskin / PA Photos)

33. Holding my little son Jesse the day I returned. His look says: ‘Dad, take a bath’

1. My late dad Mickey Grylls and me aged eight

2. My reason for coming home: Shara, my wife, with Jesse on the deck of our barge the day of his christening

3. The expedition’s patron, HRH Prince of Wales with (from left to right) Eric Loth (from The British Masters Arnold & Son, our lead sponsors), Nigel
Thompson, Mick Crosthwaite, Lt Andy Leivers, me and Jean-Marie Florent (also from our lead sponsors)

4.
Into the Unknown
by George Lewis. The oil painting was in aid of The Prince’s Trust.
(Courtesy of Octavian Art)

5. The
Arnold & Son Explorer,
looking a fraction of her beautiful self, being lowered into Canadian waters for the first time

6. HMS
Newcastle
in heavy seas. Andy getting a perspective on what lies ahead for us in an open boat

7. Leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia. The journey begins

8. Arriving at night in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

9. Looking aft as we enter the sea-fog off Newfoundland, south of the Belle Isle Strait

10. The remote coastline of Newfoundland, and one of the many lighthouses

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