With the winds still gusting up to 35 knots and blowing snow no one moved today! With the weather set to improve steadily from tomorrow we are all hoping for better things. We have had a conversation with the Checkpoint team on the satellite phone but because of the weather we have to sit tight. Read More…
News from the main Polar Race website 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. Read More…
Dear All, Thanks for the comments; I can’t log onto the website – as takes too much phone time. It was really nice to read all the messages & know so many people are thinking of me. Will keep me going through the tough bits (& there are lots of them!) Best regards Jo
N75.23.087 W96.56.247 – Check Point One! The day started with flat light, which made navigation very hard. Around lunch time we saw the other group who were slightly ahead. Around 7 miles out we could see the Polaris Mine, and some old containers. We are skiing around 1.5 miles/hour, so the mine was like a Read More…
N75.09.151 W96.49.598 Friday 8th April It has been a long day – we have done 14 miles & have 14 to go to check point 1, which we should arrive at tomorrow late afternoon / early evening. We had great excitement – around lunch time we saw our first polar bear! It was too far Read More…
N74.56.579 W96.27.203 7th April 2011 Had the worst night’s sleep, very cold, and\needed the loo in the night – we have given up on the shewee, and create an outside loo (just like the olden days!) each day when we camp; so was avoiding getting up! Dreamt of hot baths & hot chips, obviously what Read More…
N74.48.237 W95.47.987 Our Wake time is 6.00am, then it is a very busy couple of hours, having breakfast, and taking down the tent. Another beautiful in the Arctic, with clear blue skies and slightly warmer temperatures of -29 deg. Because none of my wet stuff dried out from yesterday, I had to ski in my Read More…
Photos from the start line this morning Click to see full Gallery below
Up at 6.00am, for our last proper cooked meal before heading out into the unknown! My pulk is packed – it weighs a 70KG. We will shortly be heading up to the start line for the off. We are hoping to cover at least 10 miles today …. but the plan is to take it Read More…
This morning we skied back from our base camp in a semi white out. It was sloe going and very disorientating! The rest of the morning was spent getting ready for our 3 day 2 night final trip out. I also had some extrs gun training, as I am in charge of the gun, and Read More…
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