Still making miles!

Someone on this team has brought some good luck with them! For the third day in a row the team had incredible conditions and made great progress. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, the wind was calm and the dogs were running beautifully. Paul and Tony shared mushing responsibility today navigating around pressure ridges and over leads that appear to be approximately 9-12 days old.  It is clear to the team that they are passing areas that must have been incredibly active a week or so ago, but now everything has stabilized leaving only a beautiful icescape to admire.

This lead was once open water, but has now frozen over enough that it can be safely crossed.

The team's position when they called in was N 88.32, E 138. 21. They are still experiencing some northward drift (they made nearly 2.5 miles north while they slept last night!) When they phoned in they were just settling down for a hearty meal of chili mac and quesadillas ("the best north of Mexico"). Mmmmmmmm.....

Make sure to listen to Paul's audio report and check back again tomorrow for another update from the team!