One half mile of hard won forward progress was effortlessly erased while we slept. A stiff wind pushed the very small pan of ice we were camped on 2.5 nautical miles from where we went to sleep - mostly west but also a bit south.

Still our spirits our high. After all, we are choosing to be here - a fact which we also question routinely. Darcy says, 'getting out of the sleeping bag is the worst.' AJ and I can't really blame him. We feel the same way. -40, everything covered in frost crystals, it is the eptomy of 'not fun'.

The ice was somewhat kind to us today. We managed to find several newly frozen leads that made for nice travel. Of course, we also pulled our small sleds through an assortment of rubble, slabs, drifts, ridges, drops, inclines, soft snow and more. Today was not easy.

On a positive note, we saw the sun poke above the horizon for nearly 20 minutes. It was chillingly beautiful.

Image: AJ coming through some rubble.

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