Svalbard Ski Expedition 2017
Mar 17
#2: We begin
Published at 19:41
We have begun our journey into the icy wilderness. After a day and a half of packing and preparing our Hagglunds oversnow vehicle collected us at 1pm and a 2 hour bumpy and cramped ride took us out to Sassendalen, Sassen Valley. Low clouds shroud the surrounding mountains giving the location a somewhat clandestine feeling but everyone wore big smiles as we waved farewell to our driver.
We skied for an hour up the valley, with Tom striding out a hefty pace, followed by Lorenz, the Swiss girls Rebecca and Sabine, and at the back Justine, Dean, Vicks and then me. Pulling up at 4.45 I wanted time to use the remaining daylight to get settled.
We're now camped, its around -20c, our polar bear perimeter alarm is set, everyone is snug in our 4 tents and the sky is clearing. We couldn't ask for a better day 1.
Eric
We skied for an hour up the valley, with Tom striding out a hefty pace, followed by Lorenz, the Swiss girls Rebecca and Sabine, and at the back Justine, Dean, Vicks and then me. Pulling up at 4.45 I wanted time to use the remaining daylight to get settled.
We're now camped, its around -20c, our polar bear perimeter alarm is set, everyone is snug in our 4 tents and the sky is clearing. We couldn't ask for a better day 1.
Eric
- Name: Day 1
- Elevation: 5 m
- Latitude: 78° 15’ 2” North
- Longitude: 17° 13’ 59” East
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