19th of April. There was no message from Svante today, but Thomas (Ulrich) called in and told that they only had 10 kilometres left to the Pole. They expect to reach the Pole after a pleasant short day tomorrow the 20th. They plan to spend one or possibly two night at the Pole itself, before they get picked up by helicopter and flown back to Barneo base. Here they will wait until the plane comes to pick them up and fly them back to Longyear on the 23rd.
Conditions have again been a mix of pressure ridges and open water, but nothing seems to stop these guys and they push through as before. Thomas said that the Boyarsky group had been flown closer to the Pole with helicopter, and they expect to reach their destination the same day. All are doing great as usual, and there have been no reports of accidents or injuries of any kind.
Hei Svante!
Nearly there now…..
Its been fantastic re-living the dream with you and this year’s team every step of the way!
Mye moro!!!!
Polargirl
P.S. Watch out for ‘the badger’on your return!
The silence had us wondering if everyone was having so much fun you had all stopped moving and decided to set up a new civilization on the ice. Well done all, with only 10K left you will be there before we hear from you again.
Hey Fiona!!! Just a quick message from all of us at the Picasso office: we think what you’re doing is absolutely fantastic! Good luck and chat soon xx
Jordan – now you know what “being cool” really means
Fiona, am so proud of uou, can’t wait to see your photos, come home soon
Mick, can’t believe you’re almost there – Svante’s updates are brilliant! Fair play to you all – what a trip!! Enjoy that fruitcake(!*)go on DNS’er!! Will have a few polar pints here to celebrate! Lots of love Rach xxxx
Glad to hear you are still in one piece. Very quiet in the office. Richard says not to hurt your bowling arm! See u soon.
Go get it Jordan
A truly tremendous achievement
Billy.
It’s 5pm at the Arctic which means CONGRATULATIONS!!! You guys must all be celebrating at the North Pole now. What a thought! Well done to everyone, and Jordan, what a neat little record to have
Thank you so much for making mention of Boyarsky’s team. So glad to know everything went ok and they were continuing their trek. Actually, going by your report, they should be at the Pole now too?? Ahhhhhh!!! Very nice indeed. Thanks again for the Boyarsky updates. Truly appreciated.
Have fun in the sun,
Ed
Hi guys. You surely must have reached the pole now.. In that case I’ll like to send huge congratulations to everybody – what a great achievement – well done, Jens!