26-Hour Days
Published on 13.04.2010 - Icecap Journeys
Following the example of the other teams that are on the ice and who reckon that they will still be able to reach the Pole by 26 April, the Icecap Journeys' adventurers are stepping on the gas.
It's clearly not yet a race against the clock. But it's a race against the calendar nevertheless. Indeed: most of the teams that are counting on a pick-up by Boyarski's logistics from Barneo (cheaper than those that come from Resolute of course) are in the process either of walking for a greater number of hours per day, or, as the young Sarah McNair is doing with her two clients, are counting on 26-hour days. With regard to this letter expedition, the decision was made on 07 April, that is to say three days before the resupply, and this "rolling the clock" should last only until the day of the resupply. For three whole days, they were going to count on over ten hours of headway per 26-hour day.
Result: in two days, they've done 26 kilometres. Which has taken them to the following geographical point: 87° 3090 N / 74° 3076 W. No more than 250-odd kilometres to go...
