Arctic wrap-up: Adventure family kites 162 km, reaches halfway point
May 23, 2005 13: 45 EST
Our kites fell from the sky
The Adventure family Green Speed team reports: “We arrived at the half way point on Sunday night at 20:30 after kiting for 162 km and climbing to the summit of the ice cap at 2,500 meters. It's all downhill from here!. We were ready to continue all night but the winds suddenly disappeared - our kites literally fell out of the sky. There was a magical moment yesterday evening where the snow surface was smooth as butter, the snow crystals were sparkling and Eric, Sarah and David were ahead of me, zooming effortlessly at top speed.”
One World expedition – Summer Arctic crossing
Lonnie reports: “The day started brutally slow and grueling as we negotiated through a jumbled mess of pressured ice and leads. We seemed to move east and west as much as north. Then it was onto some of the largest pans we've been on so far - almost two hours of travel without crossing a lead. It was truly amazing.”
”After a quick lunch we encountered two huge leads. These had some really thin ice on them and we changed into our Kokatat drysuits to cross. We could see the ice bending beneath our skis and the tips of our poles poke through into the sea.”
Franz Josef Land
Success
After the successful end of their Arctic expedition, the Franz Josef Land guys were picked up by helicopter and taken to Nagur Skaya, the northernmost outpost of the Russian Federation. The goal of the expedition was to explore the “wilds” of Franz Josef Land, using only skis and sleds thereby appreciating the historical achievement of the original pioneers. The team walked in the same footsteps as K. Weyprecht and J. V. Payer, the discoverers of Franz Josef Land. Team members Christoph Höbenreich, Victor Bojarski, Robert Mühlthaler, Nikita Ovsianikov, and their dog Nanuk were exploring FJL for roughly three weeks.
Vancouver to Moscow
A breakdown in team relations
Everything was going fine at the time of the previous dispatch; the weather was warming, and Colin was looking to reunite with Tim and Yulya. But relations have taken a mysterious turn for the worse: “Irkutsk is the city where the team had intended to reunite, but unfortunately that is no longer the case. Since the last update the team dynamics have degraded and they have decided to continue independently until they reach the outskirts of Moscow. There they will wait for one another and enter the great city together.”
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