Log Book

Sun, 12 Dec 2004, 960 mb

La neige est beaucoup tombee ces derniers jours, et la tempete acheve de sculpter notre nouveau decor. D'enormes congeres nous ont confisque une niche, la caisse de secours, la tariere, l'annexe, la pulka... une bonne partie de pelletage a commence ! La pression remonte (40 mb en 36h !), encore un peu de vent (50km/h), -15 degres, soit une temperature equivalente de -40. Le ciel est maintenant bien degage, les etoiles brillent a midi comme a minuit, les aurores traversent la voute celeste. Le petit ourson egare s'est installe dans la cabine arriere en attendant le retour du soleil, cohabitation facile, inedite, etonnante...

The snow has been falling down a lot last few days, and the storm is finishing sculpting our new background. Huge snowdrift took us a doghouse, the safety case, the hand drill, the dinghy, the pulka... a good shovel party is starting! Pressure is coming up (40 mb within 36 hours!), still some wind (50 km/h), -15 degrees, which is about -40 degrees with the chilling factor. Sky is clear now, stars are shining at noon like at midnight, and northern lights are crossing the canopy of heaven. The lost polar bear cub settled in the rear cabin, waiting for the sun to come back, cohabitation is easy, unusual, amazing...

Posted Dec 2004 12 at 18:04