Half way from the North Pole to Greenland was the Russian Arctic expedition of the famous traveler Fyodor Konyukhova and conqueror of the North Karelian Victor Simon. Left to Greenland 350 km, said Fyodor Sunday evening at the Moscow headquarters of the expedition.
Itar-Tass on the eve of two Arctic explorer passed 21 km, met four cracks per day.
"All the cracks are tight young ice, no snow, in fact we were on the ice bendable, we succeeded only because of the half-empty sledge" - Said by satellite phone Grooms. He added: "If the sled weighed, as in the first days after the launch, probably would have failed."
Now at the expedition of two and twelve Karelian Huskies begin the most difficult part of the route. According to the satellite images, in front of a huge strip of open water, it is a hundred kilometers crosses the road travelers.
Another problem is that the expedition must be tomorrow or the day after to find a relatively smooth and reliable ice floe for the preparation of the runway.
"Tomorrow is still going to complete the program, but the April 30 start to look for a block of ice and wait for the plane of the Canadian company Kenn Borek Air, which is to deliver food and equipment with new, dry" - Said Grooms.
May 1 expedition will be on-site, overloading received food and other goods from containers in the bag. Also, dogs need to rest before working with heavy sleds.
Ended the session the words of Fyodor Konyukhova that the weather forecast is alarming travelers.
"It gets very warm, we were colder and frost is better, but the summer is coming, and there's nothing we can do about it. We will, with God's help to get out of these latitudes in the Greenlandic firmament" .
