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04.12.09
A vast sky
As most of us settle into a weekend away from work and the routines of Monday-to-Friday, the girls down under continue their march as on every other day. In fact, I think they just recorded a personal best. Reena has today's bilingual PodCasts:
Reena (India)'s PodCast:
Link to Podcast
Reena's PodCast in writing:
"Hello it's Reena from the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctica Expedition.
Today has been very good. We traveled for about 10 hours and we covered a record 15.5 nautical miles. For those of you who don't know what a nautical mile is: 1 nautical mile is equal to 1.8 kilometers.
Another big thing was that we crossed Nav-Point 1. From here we are headed pretty much directly south so that feels good and from that Nav-Point 1 it is only 2 to 3 days to our next big point: Thiel Mountains.
Today is a pretty good day towards the beginning and towards the end but in the middle we had a little bit of a white out and it was wet and we covered up.
As they sky, as we are moving, I just can't get over the vastness of the sky, like its stretching for hundreds of kilometers it seems like to me. It seems wherever you look, the sky is so vast and the clouds are layered in a different kind from what I'm used to seeing.
So other than that everything is all well. We're doing great, the team is good, the occasional blisters are always there, little bit of a muscle aches but overall it's good. I miss my family and Raj and lots of love to my mother and many others (you'll have to listen to the audio for all the names!). I miss you all and we'll be seeing you and will talk to you next week again at this time.
That's all from our side today. Bye bye."
"What's Nav-Point 1?" I hear you cry! The navigation on a huge white continent is not overly complex but it does require a little more than walking directly south at all times. The team has a handful of navigation points which they aim for to take them around obstacles such as mountain ranges which would take time and effort to cross, and, in this instance, a large crevasse field which would be dangerous to enter - Tim (UK Support)
Reena's PodCast in Hindi:
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