April 21, 2008 by admin.

April 20:
Current position is 89° 20’183” North, 0° longitude (they are exactly at the Prime Meridian also known as the Greenwich Meridian).  They had an overall amazing travel day with unlimited blue skies and slight north winds.  They are currently drifting to the southwest.
They encountered several patches of open water and rubble zones in their first 4 hours of travel.  Then in the last 6 hours of their 10 hour travel day, they covered 8 nautical miles, finding beautiful pans of ice.  They thank everyone for all of the support from friends and family.

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April 21, 2008 by admin.

April 19:
Current position is 89° 13’ 664” North.  Another rather challenging day of travel as the team again encountered quite a few open leads and many “team building experiences”.  They were able to navigate around the leads but they definitely impacted the team’s progress to the north.  They had flat light- cloudy conditions with minimal sunshine, making it difficult to see the contrasts in the snow and ice.  They progressed 5 nautical miles as the crow flies, over 7 nautical miles including negotiating around the leads.  All are in good spirits- tired but satisfied with their day of travel.

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April 21, 2008 by admin.

April 18:
Current position is 89° 08′ 719″ North, 004° 21′ 676″ East. The team had excellent traveling conditions today- sunny skies, unlimited visibility, no wind.  The ice conditions were initially excellent- incredibly flat terrain for the first two thirds of the day, then they ran into a number of pressure ridges.  They did encounter several sizeable leads that led them on some significant detours to find spots to cross.  They traveled 7.8 nautical miles including their sideways motion.  Their progress “as the crow flies” was 5.8 nautical miles.  Everyone did very well- healthy, warm and now comfortably settled in camp.

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