Yesterday we came to Norilsk, the northernmost city in Siberia, but these two days have been a bit hectic. We’ve been working with equipment and fine-tuning our packing. There are a lot of details that have to be taken car of, things we didn’t have time for before departure. Sponsor logos have to be sewn on or attached, every piece of equipment large or small has to be controlled, the pulks have to be checked and re-checked. So far we haven’t really had any surprises.
It’s between 35 and 40 degrees below here in Norilsk, so this is a very realistic taste of what awaits us on our voyage north. And so it is in these conditions that we test everything.
The day after tomorrow we leave for Sredny, on the west coast of the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago. By helicopter it’s seven hours from Norilsk, with one brief fuel stop. There is a weather station here at 79?N, but we don’t plan on staying much more than 24 hours. And so far everything is proceeding according to plan.
