24 januar 2012

A short break from the grip of Fimbulisen

(EN) After such a long period with good weather one almost forgets where he is on the planet. 
But with the force of the last days storm we got the message, 
we are on the most hostile place on this planet.

Today Fimbulisen loosened her grip on us slightly, for a short while, allowing us enough time to 
dig everything out and prepare for our journey back to Troll.
But with the forecast for the next days we will have to see when we will be able to start the journey back.

Without uncertainty of the 
outcome, the journey would 
not be remembered 
or worth telling about.
                 Elvar Ørn, Antarctica 2012



(NO)  Etter så lang period med godt vær glemmer man nesten hvor man er på kloden.
Men med den kraften stormen viste oss de siste dagene, ble vi påminnet om at vi er på den mest fiendlige plassen på jorda.

I dag løsnet Fimbulisen litt grepet på oss; det ga oss tid til å gå ut å grave ut all snøen og gjøre klart til å dra tilbake til Troll.
Men med neste dagers værmelding får vi se når vi kommer oss avgårde mot Troll.

Without uncertainty of the 
outcome, the journey would 
not be remembered 
or worth telling about.
                 Elvar Ørn, Antarctica 2012


 Photo by Elvar Ørn 
Kirsty finished cleaning everything from under the Kitchen module.

     
                                                                                                  Photo by Elvar Ørn               Photo by Elvar Ørn 
Everything ready for the repacking under the Kitchen Module.                             Lots of action as the sun greats us for a moment.

                       Photo by Elvar Ørn 
Harvey cleaning the engine of the TL6



Place / sted                                              Ice Rise C, base camp.     
Time / tid                    22. Jan. 2012, kl. 17:00
Weather / Vær                                         Low clouds  / over skiet 
Pressure / Trykk (hPa)     943.8
Wind speed / vindhastighet (m/s)        Measured  8.9m/s - max 10.9 - avg 7.4
WInd direction / Vindretning                 East / øst 
Temperature / Temperatur (deg)         -3,5 (mesured) /  -12.8 (wind chill / effective)


Posted by Elvar Ørn 

1 kommentar:

  1. "After such a long period with good weather one almost forgets where he is on the planet"

    Why "he"? Aren't there female team members along, too??
    And how come your journey has an "uncertain outcome"? As a well-experienced Antarctic traveler I'd say with modern day logistics, technical equipment and transportation, it's pretty sure that you will come back safe and sound. Therefore I personally find this expression rather pathetic...

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