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| Your message for Sir Ranulph Fiennes | Your message for Sir Ranulph Fiennes |
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| When veteran explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is in the depths of a six-month trip – which will expose him to temperatures of -90C and long nights of darkness that will test human endurance to its limit – you can be sure he'll welcome any warm message to keep his spirits high. | When veteran explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is in the depths of a six-month trip – which will expose him to temperatures of -90C and long nights of darkness that will test human endurance to its limit – you can be sure he'll welcome any warm message to keep his spirits high. |
| On Monday, Fiennes and his team embark on his greatest adventure yet – hoping to be the first to cross the coldest place on Earth during its winter – treading in the steps of Captain Scott before him and aiming to beat the Norwegians and make history. | On Monday, Fiennes and his team embark on his greatest adventure yet – hoping to be the first to cross the coldest place on Earth during its winter – treading in the steps of Captain Scott before him and aiming to beat the Norwegians and make history. |
| With the expedition ship due to set sail from Cape Town on Monday and reach their Antarctic dock in the coming weeks, we want Fiennes and his team to take with them messages from proud Brits, fans and well-wishers to spur them on in the cold dark nights which lie ahead. | With the expedition ship due to set sail from Cape Town on Monday and reach their Antarctic dock in the coming weeks, we want Fiennes and his team to take with them messages from proud Brits, fans and well-wishers to spur them on in the cold dark nights which lie ahead. |
| To send your message: | To send your message: |
| Write it in a comment below or better still write it down and post a photo of yourself with the message to our Flickr group with the Flickr tag 'ForRanulph'. We'll round up the best ones on guardian.co.uk for Sir Ranulph and his team. | Write it in a comment below or better still write it down and post a photo of yourself with the message to our Flickr group with the Flickr tag 'ForRanulph'. We'll round up the best ones on guardian.co.uk for Sir Ranulph and his team. |
| You can see our messages for Obama series for creative inspiration or take a look at members of our Guardian science and environment team with their messages below: | You can see our messages for Obama series for creative inspiration or take a look at members of our Guardian science and environment team with their messages below: |
| The Guardian's environment and science news editor James Randerson | The Guardian's environment and science news editor James Randerson |
| The Guardian's head of environment Damian Carrington | The Guardian's head of environment Damian Carrington |
| The Guardian's science correspondent Alok Jha | The Guardian's science correspondent Alok Jha |
| Over to you! | Over to you! |
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