• Back on the trail
• Freshwater ice
• 360° barrel roll

• Crossed the Arctic Circle
• Pounded by 50mph/80kph wind
• Never seen anything like this
• Happy Birthday Nancy

• Taking a day off from travel
• Making use of the wind
• Tent repair necessary after wind damage

• Windblown trail makes for snowless conditions
• Traveling on ice
• "Canary in the tent"

John Stetson's dispatch today is in the form of a video taken by Abby Fenton from the trail.

• Wind still gusting
• Local knowledge indicates large popuplation
• "Seal buffet" for the polar bears

• Nothing but pressure ridges and ice
• Passing by several icebergs
• Slush and water making travel difficult

• Making scary faces at polar bears
• Cattle in the pasture
• Slow going through patchs of grueling slush

• Arctic Hare abound
• Chocolate eggs? Easter Bunny?
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• "The long place where we ran out of chocolate" Peninsula
• The Expedition Diet = 5,000 - 7,000 calories per day
• Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate