Talking on the Iridium satellite phone, Darcy's wife Carol asked, 'are you having fun?' To which he responded, 'fun is a pretty big word.'

The piece of ice that we camped on was pushed two miles south while we slept. It was obvious now why we hadn't covered more miles yesterday: the ice was moving south as we were skiing north. Yesterday, we were exhausted.

Today, we were on the trail for over ten hours and only covered a little over seven nautical miles. Right now I can see the lattitude on my gps scrolling backwards. Unfortunately, we are scheduled to receive a resupply tomorrow as well so it is more than likely that we will loose all the hard-won north of today. It is something better not thought about too much.

The sun and rich light continue to be a source of amazement and wonder although the wind sucks every ounce of heat away. Another Jupiter-like sun set slowly over our left shoulders for over an hour.

The wind was especially brutal today. So much in fact that we all added another Terramar base layer. Still we wear relatively little and our short breaks every hour and a half are painful. It takes us another 15 minutes of skiing to warm up again. Our hands suffer the worst.

Fun?

There are those times however... You've been skiing for an hour, the ice is flat, warmth radiates from inside your toes to your finger tips. The sun hits a slab of ice in a unique way. Another sun dog.... And then the moment is gone.

Was it fun?

We scooted across a few leads today that were rubbery and thin. Darcy skied up behind me and I could feel the ripple of ice rolling forward with him. Another piece of ice disintegrated as AJ jumped across soaking his boot and Atlas snowshoe in salt water. A few minutes later we watched mesmerized as one thin ice pan collided with another at an alarmingly fast rate - a new sound, this time, like someone playing long out-of-tune notes on a cello.

Image: Eric, polar style, with Optic Nerve goggles.

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