Waking up in The Arctic

arctic-mummy
Thu 31 Mar 2011 12:54
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 mask (loved it Kt - thanks), my neck gaiter, my fleece ears and pulling my hat down to the end of my nose! When I woke up, there was ice on the outside of my sleeping bag ... reminded me of when I lived in a student house with no heating in Colchester!

I also used the shewee; I was not brave enough to use it in the sleeping bag, but crawled out of my snug sleeping bag,donned my tent booties and scrabbled into the porch. Having completed this challenge, you then have to sleep with your pee bottle, otherwise it all freezes, and you are stuffed! That is a bit hard to get your head round. The up side is the extra warmth!!

We woke up to a glorious morning. This is the first view when we opened the tent t- this is just in Resolute Bay ... but so beautiful; imagine what it will be like when we are miles from anywhere and just us - team Polar Slugs!

Todays schedule brings stove management, in preparation for another night in the snow, this time cooking our own dinner and breakfasts. We are also skiing today - with the pulks!!

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