{"id":28823,"date":"2026-05-24T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/dag-9-op-de-groenlandse-ijskap-kou-wind-en-doorzetten\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:01:20","slug":"dag-9-op-de-groenlandse-ijskap-kou-wind-en-doorzetten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.be\/en\/dag-9-op-de-groenlandse-ijskap-kou-wind-en-doorzetten\/","title":{"rendered":"9 days in a row: cold, wind, and pushing through"},"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-28823-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audio-blog-32.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audio-blog-32.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/audio-blog-32.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>Ninth day in a row and a schedule of 6 sessions of 1 hour 20 minutes<\/h2>\n<p>Well, that was another long day. The ninth in a row, actually. We stuck to the schedule of walking 6 times for 1 hour and 20 minutes a day. You can really tell, because our bodies are getting a bit tired. Everyone was absolutely exhausted when we arrived here at this campsite, camp 23. It was another beautiful day in itself. The good weather is holding up, but so is the cold. The photo on the blog is from the second break, around 11 AM. You can see it&#8217;s still minus 18. That\u2019s pretty intense.         <\/p>\n<h2>Cold, hands, and the never-ending wind<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s also one of the things that are quite tough here. We talked about it this week: what do we find difficult about being here? For one person, it\u2019s getting out of the sleeping bag in the morning when it\u2019s so freezing cold. And then having to take down your tent with cold hands and cold fingers. Especially when the wind is blowing, there\u2019s just no glove you can actually work with that keeps your fingers truly warm. So it\u2019s just a moment of misery and pushing through to get from your sleeping bag onto your skis in the morning. For someone else, it\u2019s the wind. The practically never-ending wind, which literally leaves you nowhere to hide unless you\u2019re in your tent. That wind is also starting to take its toll on our faces. Because even if you wear a face mask all day, you always have a bit of moisture from breathing and a bit of a runny nose behind that mask. With that relentless wind, everyone is starting to get scabs on their noses. It\u2019s almost impossible to prevent it from getting a bit irritated with the wind and the cold.           <\/p>\n<h2>Weather forecast and a possible rest day<\/h2>\n<p>The wind was supposed to pick up on Monday, but luckily that has now shifted to Tuesday. That means we have two more days to really go for it. If the forecast stays as it is now, it might just happen that we don\u2019t head out at all on Tuesday and stay in our tents for the day. That wouldn\u2019t be such a bad thing to get some extra rest, as this is already the ninth day in a row we\u2019ve kept up this schedule. Everyone is truly wiped out, but no one really wants to take a rest day as long as the weather is this beautiful. Then we just want to cover as many kilometers as possible.     <\/p>\n<h2>Sleep deprivation and a power nap during the fourth break<\/h2>\n<p>But you can tell\u2014I haven&#8217;t slept very well myself the last few nights, for example. Eight hours of sleep is actually sacred during an expedition because you really need it to recover since you&#8217;re working so hard. I felt this morning that it was really starting to wear me down. My balance was off and it was a real struggle to keep up from the second shift onwards. I was so tired that when we stopped for the noodle break during the fourth break and I lay down on my pulk for a moment to stretch my back, I spontaneously fell asleep. Right there, in the sun, wind, and cold, I took a fifteen-minute power nap. After that, I woke up feeling like a different person, wolfed down some noodles, and the fifth and sixth shifts went like a dream. It just goes to show how important it is to sleep well. So I\u2019m not going to make this too long and I\u2019ll crawl into bed soon, hopefully to sleep a bit better and be in good shape tomorrow.        <\/p>\n<h2>Cloud front and zebra landscape on the ice sheet<\/h2>\n<p>Something else that&#8217;s nice to share is that today&#8217;s weather change was heralded by a kind of cloud front, with small fleecy clouds in front of it. It created a beautiful spectacle on the ice sheet. Because the landscape is slightly undulating with some sastrugi, and those clouds drift past the sun, it becomes a kind of zebra landscape that constantly changes from sun to shadow. It was just a super cool sight to see. With the fresh energy from the power nap, I really enjoyed the fifth and sixth shifts, which usually involve a bit of a struggle.    <\/p>\n<h2>Wind direction and looking ahead to tomorrow<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ll see what tomorrow brings. It\u2019s supposed to get gradually windier. At least we finally have the wind coming from the side for once\u2014not from behind yet, but maybe that\u2019s still to come. We\u2019ll see.   <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ninth day of the expedition brings fatigue and challenges due to cold and wind. 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