Day 3

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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