Today the team departed for a two day / one night shakedown training trip. They will be skiing, pulling sleds packed with their kits, and camping out using the same equipment that they will take on their North Pole expedition. The weather forecast is for clear and cold conditions, which are ideal for helping them to prepare.
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| Sichen ready for the Shakedown Training! |
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| Taking a break while skiing. |
The team spent yesterday discovering Longyearbyen, a beautiful Arctic village that lies well above the Arctic Circle at 78 degrees north latitude. A short dogsledding trip up a nearby valley gave them a taste for the traditional mode of transportation in much of the Arctic.The weather was clear, sunny and between -20 and -30 C. In the evening they enjoyed dinner in one of Longyearbyen's oldest buildings which now home to one of the town's finest restaurants as well as the northern most wine cellar in the world! They happened to be only a table away from Britain's Prince Harry who is in Longyearbyen in advance of his own North Pole expedition to depart in the next couple days.
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| The northernmost wine cellar in the world! |
Check back soon for another update from the Arctic Fox Mission!
