Warm weather and clear skies...

The team called intoday to report that they had a great day, making 8 nautical miles of northward travel. It was warm and very calm, and there were times when some people skied without their anoraks. This is a bit uncommon at this time of year, but one should never complain about good conditions, because things can change fast on the Polar Sea!

The team had varied terrain today, but mostly a combination of pans of ice and small to medium sized pressure ridges. Trying to get a heavy sled over a pressure ridge can be a challenge. It usually wants to tip over a couple times, and once you get the sled to the top of the pressure ridge you have to be ready to control its descent so that it doesn't bump into the "wheel dogs" (those are the two dogs closest to the dogsled).

Controling the descent to avoid capsize and collision can be tricky!

We hope to get the names and some of the personality traits of the sled dogs soon, so that you can get to know the full team. The dogs are such an integral part of this expedition they should each have a bio and headshot on our website, just like our team members do!

Make sure to listen to the two audio reports below (one from Chris, one from Wendy) and check back again tomorrow for another update from the team!