All the 2011 Polar Racers are now back home! Rob, Lucy, Lee and the checkpoint crew, who narrowly missed the plane back with the rest of us had to spend a further night on the ice. They all piled into one tent (five in a four man tent must have been very cozy), and drank Read More…
I am writing this email on a very small plane from Deer Bay, back to Resolute Bay. We have had a very challenging week or 2! You should have got my update for leg two, as I was leaving Check Point 3, where things all started to go a bit wrong!! Due to various reasons, Read More…
Just finished 2/3 20 mile days. Exhausted! Jo News from the Polar Race Organisers Canadian or International Waters? Published: Saturday, 23rd April 2011 21:30 Strange but true! Our racers are going through an area where we traditionally always encounter bad communications: The Maclean Strait. We could never understand the problem until the last race when Read More…
The weather has improved so we are back on racing. No Internet access so this quick message is sent via SMS. Good to be skiing on land again. Skiing up Bathurst Island. Tough Day, 13.5 miles. 30 percent of the race completed.
Here we go…. off on the 2nd leg of the race.
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
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