Greenland is for Greenlanders
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Greenland Crossing Day 21 – Fire and Light
September 4 – 21 km, camped at 7,169 feet It rained through the morning. Not the dramatic sideways storms of previous days. Just steady soaking rain. The kind nobody loves skiing in, especially twenty-one days into a Greenland Ice Sheet… Continue reading
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Greenland Crossing Day 20 – Margins
September 3 – 26 km, camped at 7,438 feet After yesterday’s ice, everything slowed. The surface had softened overnight, turning from bulletproof to soggy. Skis sank again. The easy glide was gone. Progress took effort. It rained briefly in the… Continue reading
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Greenland Crossing Day 19 – Wet
September 2 It rained all night. By morning, we were sealed in. A half-inch of ice had encased the shelter, locking the fabric stiff and brittle, zippers and guy lines frozen solid, stakes buried under a glazed crust. It felt… Continue reading
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Greenland Crossing Day 18 – Sunshine on the Plateau
September 1 – 24 km Happy September 1st. The sun has been a rare commodity lately, and when it finally appeared this morning it lifted the entire icecap with it. The day still began bitter cold, as the summit area… Continue reading
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