Day Two
arctic-mummy
Thu 7 Apr 2011 00:18
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 thermal vest & fleece, whivh was a disaster for moisture management! Despite venting, my windsuit, I ended up with more wet clothes, so this evening, we have had the burners on full, to dry everything out, it is a slow process, but we are getting there!
We have seen polar bear tracks, on the last two days. they have been quite old, and slightly snow filled - but they are enourmous....
The day started off in some sea rubble, which soon cleared to good skiing, but we have been rather slow today, mainly I think, because it was another cold night & we did not sleep that well. We have covered about 9 miles, today,so will have to up the anti tomorrow.
The other team passed us as we set up camp tonight, so they will be slightly ahead of us now!