It sucks all the energy out of you when it is minus-40 degrees. You're trying to get out of your sleeping bag and there is ice everywhere. Getting dressed . . . you really have to concentrate. It was exhausting . . . but we hung in there. We're here now. |
Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the sea, is smirking. That's what polar travel is all about. |
Suddenly, about two miles from the pole, we started to come across open water. One of the sledges ended up getting dunked in water, and some of the dogs as well. |
We were battling a negative ice drift, |
We were really fighting until the end. Even so close to the pole, I wasn't so sure we would make it. |