Without Adequate Shelter we would Never have Survived

We set off from Resolute,on Resolute Bay, (74° 43’ N and 94° 53’ W), in the territory of Nunavut, Canada, to walk/ski for 648 km (403 miles), pulling our food and equipment bound for the Magnetic North Pole.

After a 12 hour day pulling our pulk, we needed somewhere to cook, eat, sleep and survive the night. James and I were issued with a Terra Nova Tent that was proven to withstand Arctic conditions: without adequate shelter we would never survive. It was reasonably lightweight even when frozen, as well as tough. 

For 12-hour each day I leaning into my harness in order to drag my pulk loaded with its precious cargo northwards over some of the most difficult terrain on our planet, crossing the frozen polar waste, over pressure ridges, through huge mounds of ice rubble and at night I slept in the safety of my Terra-Nova Tent 

At 8.47 p.m. on 29 April 2009, arrived at the Magnetic North Pole, 78° 35’ 724” N, 104° 11’ 915” W.