Crazy Arctic Guy, Day Thirty

DAY 30: SWIMMING AGAIN...
Mon, 20 Feb 2006 // 18:21

DATA LOG
Latest position: N83°45'49.4' E103°9'26.4'
Distance to go: 697km
Drift: Southwards but slow
Days of food left: 40 (after cutting down on daily rations they've managed to gain an extra few days of food)

After their rest day yesterday, Mike and Borge set off again this morning ready for another day walking on the ice, but soon found themselves changing in to their survival suits (completely waterproof and worn over clothing) and jumping in the freezing cold Arctic Ocean:

'Today we came across another open lead we had to swim across. Luckily only one 50m wide. Drift has been south today but slow. We made good progress with very bad light today but all is well. We have 697km to go with 40 days food left.'