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Greenland 2015: April 2015
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Thursday, 30 April 2015. Equipment depot by Sydkap huts. Just as we came over the hill to the Gurreholm hut, about 300mts away, we saw three polar bears there, a mother and two cubs. Great excitement and out came the camaras. I had only seen one once and the others had never seen one. Alex wanted to pat their furry bottoms! Polar bears at Gurreholm. Polar bears wandering off to the icebergs. Polar bear damage to hut windows. Tuesday, 28 April 2015. Wind, glaciers and broken skidoos. Decent back down into...
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Greenland 2015: Wildlife
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Thursday, 30 April 2015. Equipment depot by Sydkap huts. Just as we came over the hill to the Gurreholm hut, about 300mts away, we saw three polar bears there, a mother and two cubs. Great excitement and out came the camaras. I had only seen one once and the others had never seen one. Alex wanted to pat their furry bottoms! Polar bears at Gurreholm. Polar bears wandering off to the icebergs. Polar bear damage to hut windows. 1 May 2015 at 01:32. Ooooh - Glad they didnt charge! 2 May 2015 at 04:22. Wind, ...
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Greenland 2015: Camp jobs
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Monday, 4 May 2015. There's a bit of stuff that has to be done around camp on a regular basis, such as filling the heater fuel drum, collecting water from the helicopter hangar, emptying the toilet and taking poo and rubbish to the tip. Lowering fuel drum into place for stove fuel. Basler aircraft arrived today to support an ice core drilling team on Renland. Taking poo to sledge. Checking bag for holes. Taking water to camp. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Philip Poole Mountain Guide.
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Greenland 2015: March 2015
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015. The bad weather that chased us back home on the last journey has lasted all today. We have had to dig the doorway of the Weatherhaven several times and the door keeps getting stuck open with ice that we have to chip off regularly. The toilet shed. A bit of a mission when the weather is bad. Skidoos at camp in early morning and -20. Moving up the slope to the rocky ridge which usually bars the way to the glacier. Setting off on the next 200 km journey to North Liverpool Land. S...
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Greenland 2015: May 2015
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Thursday, 7 May 2015. Got out from Constable Point yesterday and now back home. It was looking decidedly dodgy the night before, because the fog that turned us back from Kap Heogh spread everywhere and by evening it was flat light, low cloud and snowing lightly. The planes here are like buses, nothing much happens for weeks then they all come at once. Rob makes his escape pursued by the film crew who have now gone completely feral. Thanks to everyone I worked with for your support and hard work. Rob the ...
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Greenland 2015: Dodgy Fuel?
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Sunday, 3 May 2015. Been out all day to try to deliver another equipment depot, but ALL the doos malfunctioned so we had to turn round. Probably something to do with the new petrol we bought off the airport. The depot was at Kap Hoegh, but we had to stop short on the east side of Liverpool Land. Calling base on the Sat phone to say we have turned round due to engine problems. Route through Kalkdal to Kap Hoegh. We had to turn around. When the 'doos malfunctioned. Polar Bear prints in Kalkdal. However, Pa...
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Greenland 2015: Ikea film crew
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Monday, 4 May 2015. So the latest event at our camp is a film crew who are here to make a short online promotional video for Ikea. There are 6 of them in total, 2 from the agency commissioning the work, who watch and come up with brilliant ideas and stand around getting cold, 4 from the production company - the camera man, the camera man's focus puller, a man that shouts 'action! A man who watches the man who shouts action and absolutely no one from Ikea. Pretending to fuel 'doos. Ready for a bumpy ride.
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Greenland 2015: Escape
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Thursday, 7 May 2015. Got out from Constable Point yesterday and now back home. It was looking decidedly dodgy the night before, because the fog that turned us back from Kap Heogh spread everywhere and by evening it was flat light, low cloud and snowing lightly. The planes here are like buses, nothing much happens for weeks then they all come at once. Rob makes his escape pursued by the film crew who have now gone completely feral. Thanks to everyone I worked with for your support and hard work.
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Greenland 2015: Last journey
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015. Yesterday we had our final day with the film crew. We went to a few huts across the fjord and filmed Rob on a satellite phone, in a sleeping bag, treating an injured person in a pretend incident and setting off a flare. Pretending to phone Rob's wife in Kalkdal. Sea ice cracks by the Fame hut while we wait to finish filming. Fame hut where we spent a couple of hours. Pretending to set off a distress flare - no one came to the rescue! Rob the film star with his stunt double. Then th...