It’s the end of our second full day, another one filled with toil and trouble but all good for training up our muscles and hurting our minds. I’ve had a quick check and it appears that neither of us have lost anything today, which is a bonus. And we’ve finally opened up a food bag with some hot chocolate, after two rogue bags the previous two days. Today was all about snow, we awoke to a complete whiteout, hauled into the wind and snow all day and toiled through drift after drift that sapped our energy. We only made 12.5kms today, us calling time on the day’s escapades for an early hot chocolate. But we’ve made some good height gains and are now perched high up on the icecap 1150m above sea level and our start point. The phrase water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink is as apt here as it was on the ocean, although I must confess to sneaking the occasional mouthful of snow, it’s just so satisfying! Apparently I continue to grunt in my sleep so Muzz was most grateful when I produced some earplugs from my bag of assorted trinkets. What he most wanted me to pull out was a kite (he’s still much aggrieved not to be kiting up here on the icecap), but earplugs were a close second. We’re hunkered down now till morning and aim to put in a few more hours on the oars tomorrow. Here’s hoping for rock hard snow and tail winds and another day without losing anything. Please keep the sat phone messages coming. Our love to all back in blighty.
Current position 65°50.453’N 38°59.714’W
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