Short update from Greenland. A lot of snow (loose) today, and whiteout conditions. Can't see the contours of the terrain, only white all over. We walked for 10 hours, and now at camp, we have 20 km left to DYE. Tormorrow we will try to...
So, that was a rather rough night! 30m/s + winds, felt like we were sitting inside a laundry dryer...
Sunday we managed to cover a decent distance. However, the storm seems to build up quite a bit. We are being given good advice from our mentor Lars back in Norway, via iridium sat phone. Just now, Monday evening, winds are at 20m/s outside the...
Today we covered 20km, so we are slowly increasing the pace. Conditions were difficult with a great deal of wind. Now we are in camp, and the weather is calm with -18 degrees celcius. Beautiful sunset! The coming storm is luckily not as bad as forcasted earlier....
Hi, We are continuing on our path! We have tried the skisails today Friday. It was not possible to turn upwind due to difficult condition. But we hope for better luck the next days. The inreach GPS system is up and running to some degree. The below...
The two last days have been quite windy, with 20 m/s down in the "valley", while 30m/s winds are reported further up. We have covered around 14-15 kms a day and we are getting more and more intop of the glacier, rather than being in...
Despite having 15 m/s of head wind all the way, this was a good day for us. We took advantage of the snow as we could take shortcuts and move in a straight line. In total we covered 14kms. Also, we are finally on to...
Today we walked for 9 hours, covering 12 kms in up-hill terrain. Slowly but surely, we are getting in the right direction. It seems we are passed the most challenging type of terrain, where everything is just up and down. However, we do need to pay...
So, we made a tough decision today...
On our 2nd day we managed to cover quite a distance. However, recent snowfall covers snow bridges and crevasses which makes everything harder. The first area we walked into had a lot of crevasses, so we decided to take another route. We managed to gain...