Day 47 28 December
Position: S87.9184, W080.83335
Temperature: -15.8c wind chill -20c
Weather: White out, no contrast, also light snow.
Camp: Portal Partnership
We are exhausted from pulling, hauling and being in the most hostile environment in the world. We are now 46 days on the ice and have been very misfortunate with the weather.
The most frustrating for us is the whiteouts and no contrast, it makes our life very hard.
When your on expeditions you have to be prepared for all types of conditions. We could do with a bit of good luck and a change to good clear days. Lets hope we’ll get a few over the next two weeks as we approach the pole. It would make such a difference to our mood.
We are now approaching 88 degrees south and will be at the same latitude Shackleton’s reach over the next week. This will be another big milestone for our expedition.
The weather for tomorrow again doesn’t look great. We are going to have a rest day. We can’t wait to relax for a day.
Camp: Portal Partnership (for Jonathon)
Thanks to all the staff (one of Europe’s Premier IBM Business Partners), your support has been instrumental in getting me to Antarctica and is much appreciated, see you all soon.
Jonathon
www.portalpartnership.com
