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Leg 2 of the Polar Race 2011 started today at 09.40. with all the teams setting out together on their way to CP2, North of Bathurst Island some 130 miles away:- the longest and hardest leg of the Race. The start was in light winds and perfect visibility.

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Despite the wind chill, (it was clocked at -44°C at Resolute Airport at 7am) all were keen to get on with the Race. They were all warned to keep a close eye open for polar bears as they passed the entrance to Polar Bear Pass which is a migratory route.

Here in Resolute Tony is about to leave and travel on skidoo to pick up Checkpoint assistant Danny Munden. The forecast for travelling to Cator Harbour is not good despite the current good weather at Polaris and having once had a flight turn back from there only 20 miles out due to fog (A VERY expensive mistake) I do not want to take that risk again as we have 4/5 days to get the Checkpoint team there before racers arrive. Hence Tony is going on a skidoo ride to pick him up.

Leg One Statistics

Here are the standing after leg one. Note that the distances are different, they are the straight line distances between each time the teams check in so whilst not precisely how far each team has walked, they do provide a good approximation.

Team Time (Difference) Distance

• The Internationals 91 hours, 41 minutes (First) 57.64 Nm
• The Polar Slugs 92 hours, 41 minutes (+1 hour) 58.17 Nm

More Photos from the start of Leg 2

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