Author Archive for: comms@nzaht.org

From Nigel: Probably the coldest day so far with a keen wind meaning most opted for goggles and big over-gloves at least for the morning. Skiing into the wind the view is unchanging – flat and white. We strained our eyes to see DYE 2, our next destination point without luck. It is a remnant of the Cold War, an American radar warning site. Mid afternoon we heard a noise and were amazed to see a helicopter fly overhead. We skied on. Excitement today was changing long skis for short ones, which will help with glide and speed. Another 20km day. Big […]

From Bengt: At 0630 the wind settled down, and we quickly understood that we could move. We used a long time to dig out the tents, but finally could start moving. In the second break, what we thought was a dog-team yesterday came skiing towards us. It was an English team of six, which is also crossing the cap. No dogs there 🙂 We spent some time talking before we headed away on a slightly different course. In all we did 8 legs of 50min that gave is 17km – all good!  

From Bengt: Another sunny day! We are truly lucky with the weather. Surface is gettin’ better and better and our routines is also getting there. We did 9 legs today, that gave us 19km. There is something behind us that moves, we think it is a dog-team, that is also crossing. Guess we find out today. All good here, cheers! Update: Still beautiful weather. Routines while on the move are really good now. We’re like a train that steady moves towards DYE2. The terrain is flattening out, with some tiny hills here and there. We’re using the sun as the main […]

“I have no doubt there was a pretty general consensus of opinion among us that we had had pleasanter work in the course of our lives, but these opinions we kept each to himself.” Having finally made it to land, Nansen and his team had to haul their sledge-loads up a steep and uneven gradient, which made dragging the sledges hard work. After three or so miles they set up their camp for the night (pictured below), and Nansen described the “pleasure almost divine” of having multiple cups of hot tea with condensed milk as they settled in to their […]

From Bengt: Beautiful and cold day! We are done with the bumps, now its more or less flat, but still going up. Sledges felt heavy in the beginning of the day, at the same time we had wind straight in our face. During the day it got warmer and warmer, with good sliding. Last leg before camp it was back to high friction and cold. We did 8 x 50min of walking, and are now one day away from Dog Camp 🙂