Arctic Trucks

Hjalti and Tony are still waiting at the Pole for the parts to arrive. It will arrive with the last plane that will transfer the competitors to Novo. Hjalti has already done all possible preparation work. They are planning to fix the cars quickly and turn back to Novo as quickly as they can.

The temperature at the Pole is now close to 40 degrees below with some wind. It gets colder quickly those days because winter is coming. The last two weeks the temperature has dropped by 10 degrees.  Hjalti and Tony are comfortable and have been able to rest for the last few days. But they are eager to get going again!

Gísli and Kenny are still at the fuel drop. They have been able to dig up 67 barrels of oil at that were buried into the snow when the Russians dropped them from the airplane. They are comfortable while waiting for the last plane to arrive on the way to the Pole. 

People have been able to rest a little the last few days, after some tough weeks.

Emil left Cape Town at 8 o´clock this morning, heading for Novo. He had some busy days in Cape Town arranging spare parts to bring with him. It is mostly axles and wheel bearings that have been breaking down, due to much too heavy load on the cars on the way to the Pole. It created problems because they had to leave some of the spare parts behind to make the cars lighter plus it was bad for the cars. If everything goes as planned Emil will be at the Pole in 2 or 3 days, but he will get there with the last plane. He and Victor from the Novo station will drive back with the others.