There is nothing about this place that wants us here. Another day on the Arctic Ocean and another day at odds with ice, cold and snow. The snow conditions were a bit more favorable today, but a biting wind kept us focused on two tasks: moving north and staying warm. Our short rest breaks have been...

The drifts of last night continued through most of the day. We seemed mired in a continued random assortment of ice and snow. Still we managed to string together ennough passable pans to make progress north. It was slow going for most of the day until the ice transformed into 1-2' thick slabs and...

Scrambling up a 15-foot tall block of ice changes my perspective just enough to help with navigation. Yesterday AJ described the ice as a puzzle, but looking at the wide panorama below, I think maze. For as far as I can see there are large 20-30 foot ice blocks scattered sporadically. In between,...

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