Yesterday (May4) was the coldest day so far, -23°C in the morning with temperatures reaching -17°C in the afternoon. Beautiful weather with NNW wind and heavy skiing conditions. The so-called sand-paper snow that many polar explorers know was problematic because snow becomes stiff and skis stop gliding in temperatures below -20°C. It was hard work to ski over 16 km
Month: May 2022
The 2,000 meters mark reached
The expedition participants woke up yesterday, May 3, with NW gale winds and -20°C. The skies were bright and beautiful weather. They put on their warmest clothes but soon had to take them off when the wind went down. The glacier’s surface was rough to begin with but got smoother later in the day, They skied 16 km in in
The going is rough
It was cold yesterday morning, -17°C and windy. At first the visibility was limited but after a while it cleard up. The glaciers surface is now rough with large sastrugies and heavy skiing conditions. In the afternoon they covered more ground and the day ended in 16 km in four active rounds of skiing. Relatively good achievemnet cosidering the cicumstances.
Rest day spent playing cards
Saturday, April 30th was spent playing cards and getting extra sleep. The weather was as the forecast predicted, 15 m/s on average (measured with Lilja´s wind measurement tool), the temperature -18°C, and wild snowdrift. It was therefore extremely cozy to stay in the sleeping bag and listen to the wind howl outside. Yesterday morning (May 1st) the wind had turned
The Expediton now has more than 100 km behind them
On Wednesday, April 27, they had snowfall and relatively poor visibility. During one of the pauses, a Rock Ptarmigan came walking in their path. It is likely that at least one of the participants got a watery mouth. They went 17.4 km in 6 active hours. People were warm and lightly clothed since the weather was very calm, with no
