Monday 18th - Coordinates: 65.57.583N, 39.17.385W, Traveled : 20Km, Altitude: 1394m, Temperatures: -4.8 degrees C, Wind Chill -3.5 , Barometer reading: 856.3, Time skiing: 10.45am - 4.30pm

Yesterday the team had another great day skiing on crisp firm snow. The journey was predominantly on a slight gradient downhill and this, combined with the harder surface allowed them to glide almost the whole day. The skies were again clear and the sun brought the warmest temperatures they have experienced since they started. They set up camp almost at the edge of the ice cap and were able to take in the incredible view of the mountains on their right and the vast sprawling frozen ocean ahead of them; the only distinction between the edge of the ice cap and the ocean being a small colour different in the endless white.  With the sun setting and their guides away doing other tasks, they spent a calm evening just the three of them, looking out at the ocean landscape dotted with Icebergs as far as the eye could see.

Today they are hoping to make it to August’s Basecamp which is a further 20km trek and to continue the fast pace across the now firm snowy surface.