Russian territory!!
26th March 2006
Karl and Dimitri have now crossed over the International Dateline and are in Russian territory!! (albeit the middle of the Bering Straits). They are approximately 28.5 miles from the nearest point in Russia, however there is little chance of them reaching the coast in anything like that distance. It must be pointed out that the ‘path’ shown on the photograph shows the daily locations. The actual route taken bears little resemblance to those straight lines. K&D are in fact all over the place, zig-zagging around obstacles and water or changing course to a better route.
Karl states the weather is still clear yet ’surprisingly’ cold. While this has been useful in slowing down the flow of the ice, life itself becomes a constant struggle to hang on to fingers and toes. It also means there is a lot of extra personal admin to ensure survival. They have noticed the severe cold also brings on fatigue earlier.
The ice has taken to drifting north again, although relatively slowly. They drifted just 1.5 miles last night. Following the episode of the ice breaking up and parting under their tent in the early hours of Saturday morning, it happened again right after I had finished talking to Karl at 09:00 AK (Sat). The ice started breaking up all around, forcing them to just grab the tent and run, dragging it behind.
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You pair of tenacious boy scouts!
You really had me worried there - Several days no news.
It can only be getting harder for you lads - but you are clearly beating most of what this planet can throw at you!
The hardest part is BELIEVING IN YOURSELVES - and you are doing that with every exertion of muscle and mind.
- - Pace yourselves and support each other with your most priceless asset - COURAGE.
As a colonel keeps saying to me - “Nobody said it was going to be easy” - I know ‘Well nobody said it would be quite this hard’
After all that - there’s saying and there’s DOING and you guys are DOING what no lifeform has done since the beginning of time.
I know you’ll bring back a souvenir from the International date line - even if it’s just some frozen Polar Bear sh-t! It’ll deserve a place next to the comet dust from outer space!
William Wilberforce and Amy Johnson are watching out over the Humber for your determined footsteps - home.