Crazy Arctic Guy: Day 11

DAY 11: ONE OF THEIR WORST DAYS SO FAR...

Wed, 1 Feb 2006 // 17:54

Quote of the Day:
'After 4 hours of walking, Borge's ski boot sole came off, and we had to urgently set up tent for him to repair his ski boot...'

MIKE DATA LOG
Latest position 31.01.06: N81°50'6.3' E103°53'6.2' (No position received today)

MESSAGE FROM MIKE: 'One of our worst days today...after 4 hours of walking, Borge's ski boot sole came off, and we had to urgently set up tent for him to repair his ski boot. Added to that, very strong winds from the west and very, very low temperatures couldn't make it possible to move, and we are currently in our sleeping bags waiting out the storm. Borge has fixed his sole, and hopefully it will last the rest of the trip. The problem would be that basically the strong winds from the west would keep on blowing us south, and if that continues for the next week or two, we'll definitely be in a little bit of trouble. But at this stage the morale is still high, although the temperature has dropped dramatically, hopefully we are looking forward to better days. Well that's all the news for now...from a very cold tent in the middle of the North Pole on the Arctic Ocean, best regards, Mike'