{"id":28660,"date":"2026-05-14T06:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/expeditie-groenland-tegenwind-en-verrassingen-op-weg-naar-dye-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T06:23:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:23:28","slug":"expeditie-groenland-tegenwind-en-verrassingen-op-weg-naar-dye-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/expeditie-groenland-tegenwind-en-verrassingen-op-weg-naar-dye-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Expedition Greenland: Headwinds and surprises on the way to Dye-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1gwz1si-65b00dbab9504b8c861c7b322dfe2eba\">\n.flex_column.av-1gwz1si-65b00dbab9504b8c861c7b322dfe2eba{\npadding:0 20px 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1gwz1si-65b00dbab9504b8c861c7b322dfe2eba av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64ztu3-ecb9863e6085779f3701ce94be0d98ca '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Listen to the Greenland Expedition Update<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28660-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audio-blog-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audio-blog-18.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audio-blog-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/onderwerpen\/greenland-spring-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read all blogs in English.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/groenland-expeditie-voorjaar-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our live position in Greenland.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/groenland-expeditie-voorjaar-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read all previous posts.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f\">\n.flex_column.av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f{\nborder-radius:3px 3px 3px 3px;\npadding:10px 10px 10px 10px;\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64zgdb-764a03b10f56dacf5f241b503f2c1109 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Sign up for the Expedition Newsflash.<\/h2>\n<p>Receive alerts of new blogs in your email during the expedition.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"ml-embedded\" data-form=\"HO1phZ\"><\/div>\n            \n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='hr av-s1j460-8b84e45465358f2aa3aef05aedecf6b4 hr-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-rnnpki-558c6bf59fdaafc19ab18598bf38c424 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64ytx1-f782ba5f3613bbe73186e5a4eaf44b03 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Weather forecast and the final leg<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to have headwinds, it&#8217;s going to be cold\u2014minus 13 tonight when we get up. The last leg of an hour and fifteen minutes was a bit of a struggle for everyone, trying to squeeze out a few extra kilometers. Surprisingly, the weather tomorrow won&#8217;t be great again. We&#8217;ll have headwinds, it&#8217;ll be cold, minus 13 tonight when we wake up. And then the wind picks up quite quickly in the morning. It&#8217;s going to be somewhat stormy during the day.     <\/p>\n<h2>Looking forward to Dye-2<\/h2>\n<p>We do have something to look forward to tomorrow and something to walk toward. Today we&#8217;ll see Dye-2 for the first time. It&#8217;s an abandoned Cold War radar station and basically a must-see for anyone crossing Greenland. And not only that: in Dye-2, we&#8217;re also going to find a few gifts for us from the other expeditions. We&#8217;ve had intensive consultations about our ski situation. The other teams came up with the option of using a kind of ski straps to mount the binding to the ski. One of the other guides said one of her clients once skied from Dye-2 to the coast using that solution. So both teams are leaving some of those straps behind for us. That&#8217;s really, really cool. They were there today, so they&#8217;re one day ahead of us because we&#8217;ve had some history with our gear here and there.         <\/p>\n<h2>Camp Raven and the surroundings<\/h2>\n<p>The next station after we visit Dye-2 is Camp Raven. It&#8217;s a few kilometers away. It&#8217;s a kind of American base where two men are stationed in a small 4&#215;4 meter hut. Pretty basic. They&#8217;re there to maintain the runway for planes. The purpose of that isn&#8217;t entirely clear to me, because really, for miles around us, there&#8217;s nothing but ice. But well, I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ve thought it through.      <\/p>\n<h2>Daily rhythm and sense of time<\/h2>\n<p>Just a quick update today, as everyone else is already fast asleep. It&#8217;s 3:30 PM here now. Time loses all reference because it&#8217;s light all day. So it&#8217;s just walking when you can, eating when you can, resting when you can, and repeating that. We&#8217;re trying to chip away as many kilometers as possible. So despite the bad weather\u2014a statement for tomorrow\u2014we&#8217;re going to try that again. At least to make progress toward Dye-2, take the time there to check out the radar station, and ensure we get a permanent solution at Camp Raven for the skis that aren&#8217;t working right now.      <\/p>\n<h2>Outlook on recovery and weather<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ll already have the straps to get that done in one day. After that, we&#8217;ll probably get a really good night&#8217;s sleep. Next week the weather should be fairly stable and calm, and cold enough so the snow doesn&#8217;t melt under us during the day&#8230; that gives us a little room to catch up on some rest now. Over the last two or three days, we&#8217;ve prioritized walking during the time windows when it was possible, which means we&#8217;ve had a bit less sleep. Okay, I&#8217;m going to close my eyes now.    <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the final leg of the Greenland crossing, adventurers brave harsh conditions to reach the abandoned Dye-2 radar station and find supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[311,513],"tags":[307,486],"class_list":["post-28660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-greenland-spring-2026","tag-expedition","tag-greenland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28660"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28665,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28660\/revisions\/28665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}