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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 11 – Settling Into It
August 25. 22 km, 350 feet of climbing. Camped at 6,866 feet. The day began warm again. Not as oppressive as two days ago, but warm enough to feel wrong for this place. Somewhere far south there must have been… Continue reading
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Greenland Crossing Day 7 – Finding a Rhythm
August 21. 20.7 km | 400 feet of climbing. Camped at 5,532 feet. We woke to a clear sky and light north breeze, a welcome change after the muted light of the previous day. The icecap felt calm and open… Continue reading
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Greenland Crossing Day 2 – Learning the Sled
August 16. The day began on hard, bare ice. We were still far below the snowline, so the skis stayed strapped to sleds and everyone walked. The surface was a mix of frozen dimples and sun-hardened ripples that made travel… Continue reading
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