TGIF... Party on the ice! - Day 1

The team was up and moving by 7am this morning. Starting the day out with a breakfast of oatmeal and skillet bacon. They filled up the dogsleds with equipment and gear with plenty of room to spare. Efficient and organized.

They began skiing at 11am with 2-hour pushes covering a total of 24 kilometers in just 7.5 hours! It was a clear, beautiful day with blue skies and light, wispy clouds. The wind ranged from 10-15mph until late afternoon when they settled to 5mph. They discovered snow mobile tracks and saw seven airplanes pass overhead.

By 6:30pm they set up camp and enjoyed hot drinks. Dinner followed shortly after with our dog mushers, Ulrik and Salo, joining the team in the community tent. Everyone is well, physically tired and a little sore from working muscles they haven’t used in a while. Their current location is N66.59.658 W048.36.093.

Greenland Fact: The biggest part of the country is covered by the great inland ice. This layer of ice is the second biggest connected mass of ice in the world and is on average 1,500 meters thick. In some places the ice is up to 3,500 meters thick. Only about 16% of the island is free of ice. 


Listen to Guide Keith Heger's call from the icecap: