Day 7 Wednesday, 12.11.2008 Position: S71°47,3' W008°39,9' Distance: 11km Elevation: 230m Yesterday, just after putting up camp and sending out our dispatch, very strong southwesterly winds came up. They got stronger overnight (litttle sleep due to getting used to the noise and tent shaking) and continued with full force all day! Due to our current heading this meant very strong headwinds as we are beginning our first ascent to 1200m. After about one hour in, the sastrugis became too difficult too traverse with short skins on our skis and we have now started to manhaul with full length mohair skins. If there are still no kiting conditions, the next few days will be slow and physically demanding. Only the flock of snow petrels who accompanied us for a short while today seemed to fully enjoy the storm without any resistance or preconceived notions.... 12 Nov, 08 - 18:50 | Dispatch library Aloha Antarctica – Never again? That was a close shave! Back in Germany Saturday, 06.12.2008 - 20:35 Capetown 3 Dec, 08 - 12:20 Day 26 1 Dec, 08 - 15:37 Day 25 30 Nov, 08 - 19:56 Day 24 29 Nov, 08 - 20:48 Day 23 28 Nov, 08 - 20:39 Day 22 27 Nov, 08 - 20:21 Day 21 26 Nov, 08 - 19:23 Press 4 ende Day 20 25 Nov, 08 - 20:41 Tag 20 25 Nov, 08 - 20:01 Day 19 24 Nov, 08 - 19:29 Day 18 23 Nov, 08 - 19:22 Day 17 22 Nov, 08 - 20:18 Day 16 21 Nov, 08 - 20:36 Day 15 20 Nov, 08 - 20:25 Day 14 19 Nov, 08 - 20:27 Day 13 31 Dec, 08 - 20:37 Day 12 17 Nov, 09 - 20:29 Day 11 16 Nov, 08 - 20:36 Day 10 15 Nov, 08 - 20:16 Day 9 14 Nov, 08 - 20:02 Day 8 13 Nov, 08 - 19:59 Day 7 12 Nov, 08 - 18:50 Day 6 11 Nov, 08 - 19:37 Day 5 10 Nov, 08 - 19:29 Day 4 9 Nov, 08 - 18:39 Day 3 8 Nov, 08 - 20:51 Day 2 7 Nov, 08 - 19:13 We are on our way! 6 Nov, 08 - 22:27 Novo - day 4 4 Nov, 08 - 18:25 Novo Station 3 Nov, 08 - 17:50 Novo Station 2 Nov, 08 - 13:47 Icebog from 31.10.2008 31.10.2008 Last arrangements in Cape Town 30.10.2008 |
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