In the Arctic, the way Fedor expedition Konyukhova and Victor Simon piled huge drifts, sleds get stuck in the snow.
As passed by travelers in the Moscow headquarters of the expedition, for the last day, there were 21 km, could go more, but sleds get stuck in the deep snow.
«The whole week is snow, sometimes heavy, in our area drifts piled serious, sometimes just take the sled all the weight, the dog can not move them. Had to remove all the bags and cargo, dig and push their sled on packed snow» — Said Fedor in recent communications, ITAR-TASS reported.
According to him, the mission is a rather flat pack ice on the way there are old hummocks gigantic proportions. «We continue to pick up slightly to the right, to the west. Forecasts drift show that the east of the 50th degree of west longitude, the greater the drift. Prior to the exit point on a glacier in Greenland remained 434 km», — Reported by travelers.
According to weather forecasts, May 1 in the way of the expedition will wind 1-6 m /s, and temperatures down to minus 21 degrees with occasional light snow.
Wealden Psychology and Victor Simonov started on April 6 at the North Pole and set a goal to reach the southern tip of Greenland. Their dog sled 12 Karelian Huskies. All times past expedition went offline, feed the dogs remained until May 1. Every day, four-legged friends travelers eat 7 kg of food. After 2-3 days the expedition expects restocking of products to be delivered from Canada ski-plane.