Day 7 of the expedition
Distance traveled: 65.7km / 40.8 mi
Position: N 66,08.278 W 040,38.339
Elevation: 1873 M / 6,145 ft

It's been a long haul through the night, with our combination of ski sails and Ozone kites and we traveled only a few miles for our efforts. Yesterday our progress was cut short by an ice fog, a giant life like beast that consumes all in its path. At first all you see are a few tendrils of vapor far on the horizon, but steadily the fog begins to grow, till the point in which it looms like a giant advancing wall, stretching out as far as the eye can see in both directions. We attempted to out run it and as always it swallowed us up, consuming both our wind and our visibility.

Today's travels took us in and out of a moving weather system, with fluctuating wind, occasional snow and somewhat dismal contrast. We have to change our kites several times in accordance with the change in wind. A few times we were forced to wait out wind lulls, and after 12 hours of being outside we decided that it was time to quit, set up camp, eat and finally get our beloved 8 hours of sleep. Tomorrow if we get winds we will surely once again be off.

Eric McNair-Landry