Archive for December, 2011

Camp:  81°34’9” South 79°34’269” West Distance: 11.6 nautical miles (21.5 km) Time:  9.5 hours and worked hard today Weather:  crystal clear, light wind Snow:  better in parts, but still tough, went up two big hills today It’s been 11 days since I have heard every half hour a news bulletin telling me that someone has [...]

Camp:  South 81- 23.640  west 79- 40.398 Distance:  8.7 nautical miles (16.11km) Time:  8.5 hours Weather:   beautiful, great for snow play, horrible for sleds The first three hours I hit a real soft patch and seven Antarctic turtles passed me. Then in my head I got stuck in a book I have read my children so many times [...]

Camp: South 81-14.816  west 79-45.034 Distance: 10.1 nautical miles (about 18km) Time: 9.5 hours Weather: back to blue skies and 15km knot head wind Snow – absolute slogg fest.  Tough day at the office!! Every Mark needs a Simon and every Simon needs a Mark….that’s what Glenn Capelli, a great mentor of mine, summarised after [...]

Camp Is at South 81 05. 87  (made my first degree) west 80 00.094 Distance 7.15 hard sought nautical miles Time: 8 hours Weather: complete whiteout Snow: Like dairy bell icecream – just soft!! The day felt like walking on the moon all day –  in slow motion. It was my first whiteout, which I [...]

                                  Camp:  South 80 57.913 West 80 02.462 Distance:  10.3 nautical miles (19.07km) Time:   8.5 long hours Weather:  nice and crisp blue skies and wind moderate all day at 5 knots Snow:  terrain is crap Tired today as the wind was about 35 knots during the night and the tent flapped very vigorously and [...]

Camp:  South 80 47.657  West 80 08.010 Distance:  12 nautical miles Time:  approximately 9 hours Weather temperature:  -15, wind chill from 15-20 knot head wind Snow:  good in the morning, ok in the middle of the day and glue at the end Snow conditions filled my head today as big struggle during middle of day [...]