Thursday, April 7, 2011

Update: April 7th

Clement reported from the icesheet that temperatures started dropping today and the winds picked up late yesterday afternoon, so they made camp after moving 48 km from Raven.  Winds today were too high (40 kn?) to make any progress.  They stayed in tents and repositioned snow machines as winds shifted during the day, now out of the west at only 5 kn. Temps now -25C previously -35C.  Storm is forecast to hit the area 4pm tomorrow so they will get up at 6AM and get as far as possible before the storm.  It is forecast to last through the weekend so after tomorrow they may not be able to move again until Monday.  All are doing fine and in good spirits.  

1 comment:

  1. 40 k wind and -35 degrees isn't a storm? Oi. (Heidi, not Guy)

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