(From Andrew)
Today, Polar Vision departed their basecamp and travelled slightly over 15 miles - which was on track, we met our travel schedule for our first full day on the ice.
First impressions of the actual route, number one - it is much warmer than what we prepared and trained for. This requires a little bit of adjustment on our clothes and packing. It is also very sunny here and not an ounce of wind yet - which was very surprising. I thought we would get a fair amount of wind as we moved forward.
What it looks like here? I thought there were going to be a lot more mountains, but it is actually very featureless. We are still on the ice shelf, so we aren’t actually standing on Antarctica yet. If you imagine a frozen ocean with no waves, that is where we are right now. It is almost as desolate as Nebraska.
We are all sitting here together at the end of the day - all in the tent together and cooked a nice meal. Everyone is experiencing a little bit of aches and pains — there are just some muscles that you can’t work out by pulling a tire, just things you can’t recreate. I think those things are popping up on people, and we will be feeling it even more after a cold night in the tent.
In spite of that, we are all looking forward to tomorrow. We are really excited that we met our mileage goal for the day, and I think we can go even further tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone back home and have a great day!
Can’t wait to share this with the kids at school this week. They will be so excited for you and some exceptionally behaved children will be sending you guys messages this week. We are visiting the Scott Polar Museum next week so they can make lots of comparisons between 2 journeys. Amazing learning…Thinking of you all.
Guys, a great start. We are going t be keeping tabs on your progress. All the best over the coming days and keep the updates coming
Regards
All at 110%
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Helen
Many thanks Helen will do
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Great start lads. It sounds awesome, glad you met your target on the first day. Alan- imagine if Dad was there ( “Dad, why did you bring jeans, a sweater and a hippy sheepskin coat?”.
Keep it up!