Severe weather conditions hindered our early progress and now ice chokes the passage ahead.
Our ice router Victor has been very clear in what lies ahead. He writes, "Just to give you the danger of ice situation at the eastern Arctic, Eef Willems of "Tooluka" (NED) pulled out of the game and returning to Greenland. At many Eastern places of NWP locals have not seen this type ice conditions. Residents of Resolute say 20 years have not seen anything like. It's, ice, ice and more ice. Larsen, Peel, Bellot, Regent and Barrow Strait are all choked. That is the only route to East. Already West Lancaster received -2C temperature expecting -7C on Tuesday with the snow."
Richard Weber, my teammate to the South Pole in 2009 and without doubt the most accomplished polar skier alive today, is owner and operator of Arctic Watch on Cunningham Inlet at the northern end of Somerset Island. Arctic Watch faces out onto our proposed eastern route. Richard dropped me a note the other day advising: "This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!"
...we'd require at least another 50-60 days to make it to Pond Inlet. Throw in the issues of less light, colder temperatures, harsher fall storms and lots of ice blocking the route and our decision is easy.
So the expedition is being abandoned. Did this experience cause any second thoughts on the global warming campaign? Of course not!
Our message remains unaffected though, bringing awareness to the pressing issues of climate change in the arctic.
Right. Some would say the Arctic could use a little climate change, but don't hold your breath.
Just arrived few days ago from Vardo, Norway., Vardo is the higher positioned European place in the north pole circle.People in Vardo said that they never experienced such a warm summer in their entire life, like this year. So make long story short, in the shade was about 13-15 , but it was 30°C on there Sun. Something very strange is going on and we have so much opposite information. We have two suns which are covered with chem trails, and this second sun has very strong microwaves and it makes micro wave oven effect. Trees in the forest and also in our gardens in Croatia are all burned out, and trees are dying, something burn them and makes them dry. I do not believe in global warming n'or believe neither in mini ice age. Something is very wrong here, and nobody is telling the truth.