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…
Our second night out on the ice was marginally warmer, but I hunkered down much better, so didn’t get as cold, and got a better nights sleep. I have attached a picture of me in my sleeping bag from this morning – not great quality, but you can see how wrapped up I am and 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…
After lunch, Polar Slugs spent some time doing tasks for the actual race, which starts next Tues. Sorting out food for each of the legs, toilet roll, clean pants (LOL), treats etc. We then packed up our pulks ready for another night out, further away from base camp. Jock issued us with our phones and Read More…
Another packed full day (no wonder I am exhausted!) Spent the morning learning about polar bear activity and how to deal with different behavious. Run is not a good option! We then spent time familiarising ourselves with the gun, and the different types of ammo we will be carrying. Bangers to scare the bears away, Read More…
It feels like we have been here weeks not days! Our acclimitisation training is very intense! Yesterday we spent most the morning stripping down the stoves, learning how to mend them for when we are out in the field. They are multifuel stoves, we are using white parafin. It was another glorious day, so in Read More…
The Polar Slugs spent their first night out in the Arctic last night. It was a cool – 25 deg. We have lovely fleece liners in our heavy duty down sleeping bags, and I was mostly roasty toasty! Except for my face which did get a little chilly at times, despite wearing my cashmere eye Read More…
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…
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!
I have been making the most of the snow over the last couple of weeks, doing some kind of walk most days. It is quite hard going on the uphill when your feet are sinking into the snow … just a small taste of how things will be out in The Arctic. We are given Read More…
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