PICKING UP FUEL

JAN02

We have moved the start line 70 km south, found a good place there to land and marked it well for the flight that should come in later tonight.    We are back at the old start line fishing up fuel that was dropped here some time ago, the parachutes did not open and so the barrels sunk deep in the snow but we are doing ok finding them and getting them out thanks to the crane we have.  Now as we don‘t have the other two cars with us for the next few days the pressure on us has increased considerably.    Before the competitors land we plan to have moved 35 barrels there.   With only two cars and one trailer this means a few trips.   Once the plane lands we need to take on the BBC film crew and their stuff, 5 guys and really function as two teams until Hjalti and Tony come.  It is going to be very crowded, the cars heavy and we are going to have to go back and forth along the race line.   The weather is good and the conditions ok but with this load of fuel we had to use push bar which is working very well.   It also prevents Kenny to hit me again, but once he felt a sleep driving and drove straight into me and damaged the rear hatch.  The cars are still doing great, the engine is fantastic and I‘m really happy for all the preparation we made back home.

 

Gísli Jónsson

 

Friday January 2nd 2009, at 14:00

Gísli


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3 Answer PICKING UP FUEL

  1. Colin
    Great fun but .....
    Its not good is it, a pri
    stine wilderness with cars on it.
  2. Emil
    Cars in Antarctica
    Thank you for your comment Colin, it is a very valid question if people should go into the wilderness and for what purpose. Given people are going there anyway for scientific work or other reasons what equipment should be used is another questions. The cars have already proven them self’s to be a very valid option in the coastal areas of Queen Maud Land, being 4-5 times faster to go between places than the conventional land equipment that is being used there and using only ¼ to 1/5th of the fuel. Also these cars have catalytic converters, are comparatively very clean and comfortable. There are already strong interests from scientists in Antarctica to use these cars for their research saving them a lot of time and money. The trip over the high plateau has proven to be more difficult, especially with the weight that is involved in this competition. Still so far the cars have proven themselves to be very valid there as well.
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