Just Another Little Challenge …

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…

Friday – Weather means we sit tight

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…

First Full Day in Resolute

It has been a busy day for our first full day up in Resolute. This morning we put the tents up indoors, getting all the poles marked up (we leave the poles in the tent from now on & just break them down, and roll up the tent canvas round them for carrying on the Read More…

Start Line Gets Closer

Finally arrived in Resolute Bay, three days after leaving Heathrow! We had a good flight over to Ottawa, where we stayed in the Elgin Hotel. We divied up the food into our second check-in bags … these bags weighed a massive 30KG each!

Arctic-Mummy Arrives in Canada

It has been a long day! I only got 4 hours shut eye last night, so I ready for my bed. I had a surprise send of today from the Jamie G Trust Committee. Having spent too long packing, repacking and weighing bags upstairs, I rushed into the kitchen saying ” OK lets get going”  Read More…