(English below) Våre venner skle inn til den nedlagte radarstasjonen DYE II helt etter skjema. Eller nesten eter skjema. Planen var å gå full dag i går og en kort dag inn til stasjonen. Men veldig tung vind i går gjorde at de tok en avkortet dag på kun 21,5km før de campet. Dermed ble det litt lengre inn til stasjonen. Men med mye bedre vær og et behagelig landemerke på horisonten gikk det lett inn. Etterpå var det en runde inn på denne mystiske greia. Dette er et klenodia fra den kalde krigens dager. Men på midten av 80-tallet ble den evakuert på 72 timer. Siden har den ligget som et spøkelsesslott. Nå er den en forfallen og ramponert skraphaug. Men fremdeles mystisk og litt skremmende å gå på oppdagelsesferd i. I morgen (mandag) begynner neste etappe, den går over høyeste punkt på isen og så mot brefallet hvor de er om ca 300km.
Our friend glided into the DYE II station area. Yesterday their day got a little shorter than planned as they again accoutred heavy wind. They ended up on just 21,5km. But today was much better, and with the station as a big marker on the horizon, good weather and spirit, they got there easily. After camp was set, they toured this crazy place. During the Cold war, this was part of the Early warning System. But during 72 hours in mid eighties it was abandoned. Since then it has been a silent, cold and spooky reminder of times gone past (?). It is both rampaged and worn, but still a place expeditions just have to look through. Tomorrow (Monday) the next leg starts. That goes over the highest point at around 2600 metres and towards the Icefall. They have some 300km till they start the descent to the east coast.
PS: IF YOU CLICK ON POSITION TOY WILL JUMP TO GOOGLE EARTH, AND IF YOU ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW OF THE STATION.
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On Ice
Greenland
9
26 km
2073 m above sea level
Partly Cloudy
greenland icecap cecilie skog
Dermed ble det litt lengre inn til stasjonen. Men med mye bedre vær og et behagelig landemerke på horisonten gikk det lett inn.
Etterpå var det en runde inn på denne mystiske greia. Dette er et klenodia fra den kalde krigens dager. Men på midten av 80-tallet ble den evakuert på 72 timer. Siden har den ligget som et spøkelsesslott. Nå er den en forfallen og ramponert skraphaug. Men fremdeles mystisk og litt skremmende å gå på oppdagelsesferd i.
I morgen (mandag) begynner neste etappe, den går over høyeste punkt på isen og så mot brefallet hvor de er om ca 300km.
Our friend glided into the DYE II station area. Yesterday their day got a little shorter than planned as they again accoutred heavy wind. They ended up on just 21,5km.
But today was much better, and with the station as a big marker on the horizon, good weather and spirit, they got there easily.
After camp was set, they toured this crazy place. During the Cold war, this was part of the Early warning System. But during 72 hours in mid eighties it was abandoned. Since then it has been a silent, cold and spooky reminder of times gone past (?). It is both rampaged and worn, but still a place expeditions just have to look through.
Tomorrow (Monday) the next leg starts. That goes over the highest point at around 2600 metres and towards the Icefall. They have some 300km till they start the descent to the east coast.
PS: IF YOU CLICK ON POSITION TOY WILL JUMP TO GOOGLE EARTH, AND IF YOU ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW OF THE STATION.
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