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A daily journal published from the arctic circle
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Purple Haze and a Postscript
In my final few hours in the tent, waiting for the helicopter and staring into the abyss of self-pity, I had a wonderfully apt text message on my satphone from a dear friend, Oli Barrett. “Stories about journeys”, he wrote, “are always better than ones about arrivals.” So this, then, is a story about a journey but not an arrival. At least not where I expected to end up, anway.
Posted on 07th April ~ 47 comments ~ Continue reading »
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A Quick Update…
...to let you all know that I’m ok, and feeling far more upbeat than I was 24 hours ago. I’m now back at the South Camp Inn in Resolute Bay, with coffee on tap and chocolate brownies in the fridge. It seems incredible that I was alone in my tent yesterday morning.
Posted on 06th April ~ 26 comments ~ Continue reading »
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The Fortress
The first hour of today went brilliantly. Fairly decent ice, bit of a nippy headwind, but nothing that was going to cause me any problems. Then I spotted it, shimmering on the horizon, just before I stopped for my first tea break. The mother of all pressure ridges.
Posted on 03rd April ~ 49 comments ~ Continue reading »
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Eyes on the Prize
The wind did a complete one-eighty during the night, so it was the lower set of cheeks that got the full benefit of the windchill today, but it made navigating much easier. And the ice, dare I say, is looking a bit better up here near 84 degrees.
Posted on 02nd April ~ 25 comments ~ Continue reading »
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Windchill
The ice was a bit better (i.e. flatter) today, but in keeping with the spirit of things round here, the Arctic gave me a vicious headwind to contend with instead.
Posted on 01st April ~ 24 comments ~ Continue reading »
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This journal is coming to you from the high Arctic, where Ben Saunders is attempting to set a new world speed record from Ward Hunt Island to the Geographic North Pole. The current record was set in 2005 by a guided team using dog sleds and numerous re-supplies in a time of 36 days 22 hours. Ben’s expedition will be solo and unsupported and on foot. Read more about the expedition and Ben