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Diary, Friday the 29th of April. 29 Apr, 05 - 11:44 ------------------------ Tomorrow at 10.00 AM local time (2.00 PM Danish time) the Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) will be driven to the ice cap by Jens from Kangerlussuaq Tourism. It will take a couple of hours to get there beca...The 30th of April 30 Apr, 05 - 16:40 ------------------------ We have now arrived at 5.346 km on the ice cap, with our handbags that weigh 85 kg, and have made camp. We took from Kangerlussuaq at about 10.30 AM, it was snowing. One and a half hour later we arriv...Sunday the 1st of May 1 May, 05 - 19:26 ------------------------ This is our first real day on the trip. We began our journey a little bit yesterday, after we where dropped off at the edge of the ice cap. The weather was against us though, since there was a snowsto...Snowstorm and solar flares 4 May, 05 ------------------------ Team has been pinned down the last 48 hours by a snowstorm. Due to the storm and very heavy solar activity, they are suffering interupted data communication. Friday May 6th 6 May, 05 - 06:26 ------------------------ We are having some problems with the satellite connection. The coordinates we are sending here are actually where we ended Wednesday night. After two days of snowstorms we were able to be on our way a...Friday the 6th of May 18.35PM local icetime 6 May, 05 - 18:15 ------------------------ Now the equipment is working again. We have been out 6 hours today – one hour less than we planned, because of a sudden change in weather conditions. The weather today has been a ‘strong winds blowing...Sturday the 7th of May at 7.38 PM 'icetime' 7 May, 05 - 18:34 ------------------------ Well, we woke up to okay weather – but when the Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) came out of the tent (they were not to quick about it) the weather had completely changed ‘white out’ which meant that thee ...Sunday the 8th of May at 7.44PM local time 8 May, 05 - 18:43 ------------------------ Wow, it is probably really lovely out here on the ice cap, if we actually could see something!! The weather is in a constant state of fog on the borderline to ‘white out’ and with strong winds blowing... Tusday the 10th of May 20.29PM 10 May, 05 - 19:28 ------------------------ We have almost run out of power on our PDA, but tomorrow we will post pictures and a lot of good stories from ‘Villa Royal’ on the ice. This weeks birthday wishes goes to: Trutte (Trine Juul-Andr...Wednesday the 11th of May 11 May, 05 - 21:00 ------------------------ We have walked in the wildest snowstorm today, but got the tent up and are now lying in it and drying out clothes. There has been no sun today, so there is still not that much battery on this PDA, so ...Friday the 13th at 16.00PM 13 May, 05 - 15:03 ------------------------ Well, it is nice to be back on the ice. We are hoping to be on our way home again, but Friday the 13th has put us back in ‘Villa Royal’ for another day… Mutti is bored and Danna is sleeping the days ...Sunday the 15th of May at 19.47PM 15 May, 04 - 18:09 ------------------------ Yesterday we forgot to writ in our Diary, this was because we went on for 8 hours, about 17, 1 km (10, 63 miles) in the fog. We could not see anything. It is very strange; you loose your balance very ...Monday the 16th of May at 19.17PM 16 May, 05 - 18:34 ------------------------ We awoke to a clear sunny sky. This could not bee better. The time was 06.50AM and we melted some water for our breakfast, and was ready to go at 08.40AM, 20 min earlier than the last couple of times....Thuesday the 17th of May at 18.04PM local suntime 17 May, 05 - 16:30 ------------------------ We have had a super day today. First of all we have walked 18,1 km (11,25 miles) and there has been a slight breeze, but with a sun shining from a clear sky. We almost look like matches – the white bo...Wednesday the 18th of May at 18.12PM local time 18 May, 05 - 17:08 ------------------------ Oh my, what a hullabaloo it is here on the ice. The morning began with Danna in her eager to boil water burned a hole in our footprint. Not only that, but the queen also had to sit and watch the burne...Thursday the 19th of May ------------------------ Position update only....Friday the 20th of May ------------------------ Position update only....Saturday the 21th of May ------------------------ Position update only...Sunday the 22th of May ------------------------ Position update only....Monday the 23th of May ------------------------ Position update only....Thursday the 19th to Tuesday the 23rd of May 24 May, 05 - 19:28 ------------------------ Thursday the 19th of May. Thursday started almost like the other days... with one exception, Danna, who had just put on a pot of water, hurried over to the satellite phone, so she could send picture...Wednesday the 25th of May 25 May, 05 - 18:42 ------------------------ HORRAY HORRAY we are online and we have begun to descend, and in a minute we are having pancakes…. It has been a hard day today, especially for Danna. She woke up this morning with a severe pain in h...Thursday the 26th of May (lokal time 17.38 PM) 26 May, 05 - 16:31 ------------------------ Danna woke up by herself again at 06.40 AM and started boiling water… After that Mutti started to show signs of life. It had not really been a cold night, so it almost felt good to get out of the slee...Friday the 27th of May (local time 18.24 PM) 27 May, 05 - 17:14 ------------------------ Now Friday has arrived; the weather has been super with sunny skies and some wind from the north. We walked for 20, 4 km (12, 68 miles) today in 7 laps. Muttis pants are baggy at the seat… One thing i...Saturday the 28th of May ( local time 19.25 PM) 28 May, 05 - 18:15 ------------------------ Believe it or not – but we awoke again got up and walked 7 laps. We again reached our 20 km (12, 43 miles). The ice here on the east coast is much harder and hillier. It is as a ride in Tivoli ;-) We ...Sunday the 29th of May (local time 19.18 PM) 29 May, 05 - 17:46 ------------------------ Whew, today has not been a good day. This means that the day began well enough, but on the 2nd lap Danna’s one Alfa boot decided to break. The metal split on the boot that makes the boot stick on the ...Monday the 30th of May (local time 18.16 PM) 30 May, 05 - 16:58 ------------------------ This should well be our last Monday on the ice cap. Mutti tried to fix Dannas boot yesterday and it did work, at least the first 15 min. After that, the whole metal split got stuck on the ski and not ...Dagbog tirsdag d.31 lokal "maaske gaar det ned af " tid 18.20 31 May, 05 - 17:16 ------------------------ Jeg kan ikke forstaa, hvorfor ingen har gjort dette foer " ekspedition en ski". Det giver en hel anden maade at gaa/komme frem paa....! I dag har Mutti vaeret anfoereren. Hun har holdt tide...Tuesday the 31st of May (local time 18.20 PM) 31 May, 05 - 17:16 ------------------------ I cannot believe that no one has tried this before;”expedition one ski”. It gives you a whole new way of walking/skiing your way forward…! Today Mutti has been in the lead. She has kept the time and ...Wednesday the 1st of June (local time 19.59 PM) 1 Jun, 05 - 18:54 ------------------------ The spirits were high in the tent this morning. We received a phone call from both Andrea from “Søndagsavisen” and from Mikael from Lyngby Radio. Mikael was making sure that we got more minutes on the...Saturday the 4th of June 4 Jun, 05 - 18:35 ------------------------ The diaries for Thursday, Friday and and Saturday are comming Sunday evening so you'll have them Monday. We are well, we are short 9 km (5, 59 miles) before we leave the ice cap. Monday morning there...Sunday the 5th of June (local time 16.49 PM) 5 Jun, 05 - 15:32 ------------------------ Now the Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) has fought their way from the tip of the ice cap to the fjord were we are looking at the wildest view imaginable – over the entrance to the fjord and in the backgr...
Altitude Tracker
Leaving for Greenland 25.04.2005 : ------------------------ The Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) are flying out from Copenhagen Monday the 25th of April at 9.15 AM. If you wish to write to us, it has to be in a mail without attachments or pictures on www.dkgreenlan...Thursday the 28th of April - Kangerlussauq : ------------------------ We have stayed here since we arrived Monday morning at 9.58 AM where it was 4 degrees below. We have used the time to unpack and repack more than once. Monday night we went to the rowing club for din...First picture from Greenland : ------------------------ ...Diary, Friday the 29th of April. 29 Apr, 05 - 11:44 : 74.1 ------------------------ Tomorrow at 10.00 AM local time (2.00 PM Danish time) the Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) will be driven to the ice cap by Jens from Kangerlussuaq Tourism. It will take a couple of hours to get there beca...The 30th of April 30 Apr, 05 - 16:40 : 720.5 ------------------------ We have now arrived at 5.346 km on the ice cap, with our handbags that weigh 85 kg, and have made camp. We took from Kangerlussuaq at about 10.30 AM, it was snowing. One and a half hour later we arriv...Sunday the 1st of May 1 May, 05 - 19:26 : 893.5 ------------------------ This is our first real day on the trip. We began our journey a little bit yesterday, after we where dropped off at the edge of the ice cap. The weather was against us though, since there was a snowsto...Snowstorm and solar flares 4 May, 05 : 900.5 ------------------------ Team has been pinned down the last 48 hours by a snowstorm. Due to the storm and very heavy solar activity, they are suffering interupted data communication. Friday May 6th 6 May, 05 - 06:26 : 1159.9 ------------------------ We are having some problems with the satellite connection. The coordinates we are sending here are actually where we ended Wednesday night. After two days of snowstorms we were able to be on our way a...Friday the 6th of May 18.35PM local icetime 6 May, 05 - 18:15 : 1285.5 ------------------------ Now the equipment is working again. We have been out 6 hours today – one hour less than we planned, because of a sudden change in weather conditions. The weather today has been a ‘strong winds blowing...Sturday the 7th of May at 7.38 PM 'icetime' 7 May, 05 - 18:34 : 1346.0 ------------------------ Well, we woke up to okay weather – but when the Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) came out of the tent (they were not to quick about it) the weather had completely changed ‘white out’ which meant that thee ...Sunday the 8th of May at 7.44PM local time 8 May, 05 - 18:43 : 1427.1 ------------------------ Wow, it is probably really lovely out here on the ice cap, if we actually could see something!! The weather is in a constant state of fog on the borderline to ‘white out’ and with strong winds blowing... Tusday the 10th of May 20.29PM 10 May, 05 - 19:28 : 1636.3 ------------------------ We have almost run out of power on our PDA, but tomorrow we will post pictures and a lot of good stories from ‘Villa Royal’ on the ice. This weeks birthday wishes goes to: Trutte (Trine Juul-Andr...Wednesday the 11th of May 11 May, 05 - 21:00 : 1636.3 ------------------------ We have walked in the wildest snowstorm today, but got the tent up and are now lying in it and drying out clothes. There has been no sun today, so there is still not that much battery on this PDA, so ...Thursday the 12th of May : 1636.3 ------------------------ Well, we are sitting in our tent where we have been sitting all day. It is cold on the ice cap, but it also has its own weather… It has been above zero degrees and the snow has turned to rain. We don’...Friday the 13th at 16.00PM 13 May, 05 - 15:03 : 1880.7 ------------------------ Well, it is nice to be back on the ice. We are hoping to be on our way home again, but Friday the 13th has put us back in ‘Villa Royal’ for another day… Mutti is bored and Danna is sleeping the days ...Sunday the 15th of May at 19.47PM 15 May, 04 - 18:09 : 1880.7 ------------------------ Yesterday we forgot to writ in our Diary, this was because we went on for 8 hours, about 17, 1 km (10, 63 miles) in the fog. We could not see anything. It is very strange; you loose your balance very ...Monday the 16th of May at 19.17PM 16 May, 05 - 18:34 : 1948.4 ------------------------ We awoke to a clear sunny sky. This could not bee better. The time was 06.50AM and we melted some water for our breakfast, and was ready to go at 08.40AM, 20 min earlier than the last couple of times....Thuesday the 17th of May at 18.04PM local suntime 17 May, 05 - 16:30 : 2074.7 ------------------------ We have had a super day today. First of all we have walked 18,1 km (11,25 miles) and there has been a slight breeze, but with a sun shining from a clear sky. We almost look like matches – the white bo...Wednesday the 18th of May at 18.12PM local time 18 May, 05 - 17:08 : 2196.0 ------------------------ Oh my, what a hullabaloo it is here on the ice. The morning began with Danna in her eager to boil water burned a hole in our footprint. Not only that, but the queen also had to sit and watch the burne...Thursday the 19th of May : 2240.0 ------------------------ Position update only....Friday the 20th of May : 2240.0 ------------------------ Position update only....Saturday the 21th of May : 2389.0 ------------------------ Position update only...Sunday the 22th of May : 2436.0 ------------------------ Position update only....Monday the 23th of May : 2492.0 ------------------------ Position update only....Thursday the 19th to Tuesday the 23rd of May 24 May, 05 - 19:28 : 2521.9 ------------------------ Thursday the 19th of May. Thursday started almost like the other days... with one exception, Danna, who had just put on a pot of water, hurried over to the satellite phone, so she could send picture...Wednesday the 25th of May 25 May, 05 - 18:42 : 2562.3 ------------------------ HORRAY HORRAY we are online and we have begun to descend, and in a minute we are having pancakes…. It has been a hard day today, especially for Danna. She woke up this morning with a severe pain in h...Thursday the 26th of May (lokal time 17.38 PM) 26 May, 05 - 16:31 : 2466.9 ------------------------ Danna woke up by herself again at 06.40 AM and started boiling water… After that Mutti started to show signs of life. It had not really been a cold night, so it almost felt good to get out of the slee...Friday the 27th of May (local time 18.24 PM) 27 May, 05 - 17:14 : 2423.1 ------------------------ Now Friday has arrived; the weather has been super with sunny skies and some wind from the north. We walked for 20, 4 km (12, 68 miles) today in 7 laps. Muttis pants are baggy at the seat… One thing i...Saturday the 28th of May ( local time 19.25 PM) 28 May, 05 - 18:15 : 2307.7 ------------------------ Believe it or not – but we awoke again got up and walked 7 laps. We again reached our 20 km (12, 43 miles). The ice here on the east coast is much harder and hillier. It is as a ride in Tivoli ;-) We ...Sunday the 29th of May (local time 19.18 PM) 29 May, 05 - 17:46 : 2245.3 ------------------------ Whew, today has not been a good day. This means that the day began well enough, but on the 2nd lap Danna’s one Alfa boot decided to break. The metal split on the boot that makes the boot stick on the ...Monday the 30th of May (local time 18.16 PM) 30 May, 05 - 16:58 : 2155.5 ------------------------ This should well be our last Monday on the ice cap. Mutti tried to fix Dannas boot yesterday and it did work, at least the first 15 min. After that, the whole metal split got stuck on the ski and not ...Dagbog tirsdag d.31 lokal "maaske gaar det ned af " tid 18.20 31 May, 05 - 17:16 : 2069.3 ------------------------ Jeg kan ikke forstaa, hvorfor ingen har gjort dette foer " ekspedition en ski". Det giver en hel anden maade at gaa/komme frem paa....! I dag har Mutti vaeret anfoereren. Hun har holdt tide...Tuesday the 31st of May (local time 18.20 PM) 31 May, 05 - 17:16 : 2069.3 ------------------------ I cannot believe that no one has tried this before;”expedition one ski”. It gives you a whole new way of walking/skiing your way forward…! Today Mutti has been in the lead. She has kept the time and ...Wednesday the 1st of June (local time 19.59 PM) 1 Jun, 05 - 18:54 : 1889.3 ------------------------ The spirits were high in the tent this morning. We received a phone call from both Andrea from “Søndagsavisen” and from Mikael from Lyngby Radio. Mikael was making sure that we got more minutes on the...Saturday the 4th of June 4 Jun, 05 - 18:35 : 634.9 ------------------------ The diaries for Thursday, Friday and and Saturday are comming Sunday evening so you'll have them Monday. We are well, we are short 9 km (5, 59 miles) before we leave the ice cap. Monday morning there...Sunday the 5th of June (local time 10.33 AM) 5 Jun, 05 - 09:32 : 634.9 ------------------------ The Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) are now at the tip of the ice cap ….. Yaaahooo Expedition “Danish woman expedition 2005” has now completed crossing the ice cap from west to east. We just need to go to...Sunday the 5th of June (local time 16.49 PM) 5 Jun, 05 - 15:32 : 84.8 ------------------------ Now the Ice Queens (Isdronningerne) has fought their way from the tip of the ice cap to the fjord were we are looking at the wildest view imaginable – over the entrance to the fjord and in the backgr...Thursday the 2nd of June : 84.8 ------------------------ The plan is to reach the rim of the ice cap on Sunday – 4 days left… The weather was good, but there was a strong wind too. The wind quiets down after the 4th lap and now there is a heat wave on th...Friday the 3rd of June 'last weekend on the ice 19.35 PM' : 84.8 ------------------------ This should be the day where we would be able to see the east coast… but this became the Snow Queens (Isdronningernes) “good Friday”. We woke up an hour earlier than we are used to (5.42) and was read...Saturday the 4th of June : 84.8 ------------------------ Early birds as yesterday and off we went on our probably second last day on the ice. At 8.10 AM a miracle occurred. We saw the east coasts mountains for the first time HORRAY………. we were so happy. Now...Sunday the 5th of June (local time 17.10 PM) : 84.8 ------------------------ Believe it or not, we got up early again this morning, before 0600 - for the third day in a row! But this morning we could see an end to our expedition. The last part of the descend was not so difficu...Monday the 6th of June (local time 8.57 PM) : 84.8 ------------------------ Well, after 5 hours of sleep, Lars (our skipper) woke us up at 0600, because we wanted to try to get through the ice. Lars also had to go to work and had a meeting at 9.00 AM. We packed our sleeping b...Tuesday the 7th of June : 84.8 ------------------------ We woke up and had a talk with Abia, who had been talking with people from the two other boats, who also had problems getting through the ice. We agreed to go down to the boats. We meet with to of the...Wednesday the 8th of June : 84.8 ------------------------ Danna woke up yet again at 6.45 AM and was out of bed by 7.00 AM (crazy). We unpacked our bags and washed everything of our equipment that needed washing and hung everything up! Mutti went to the stor...Write headline 30 Aug, 05 - 14:24 : 84.8 ------------------------ Write dispatch...test01 17 Nov, 05 - 12:00 : 84.8 ------------------------ dispatch01...test2 18 Nov, 05 - 16:54 : 84.8 ------------------------ test2...
Expedition Log
EXPEDITION ROUTE INFO (Kilometers and Meters)
LAT LONG ALT DTS DTT DTG
Kangerlussuaq START 67.00 51.00 n/a
Isortoq END 65.43 38.57 n/a
Total Distance 300 km
EXPEDITION LOG
D DATE LAT LONG ALT DT DTS DTT DTG
 
1 29 Apr, 05 - 11:44 67°00.64 050°43.98 74.1 11.7 11.7 11.7 545.77
2 30 Apr, 05 - 16:40 67°08.24 049°55.51 720.5 37.85 49.19 49.55 514.11
3 1 May, 05 - 19:26 67°09.08 049°43.68 893.5 8.7 57.83 58.25 506.14
4 4 May, 05 67°10.18 049°29.49 900.5 10.45 68.24 68.7 496.67
5 6 May, 05 - 06:26 67°12.12 049°15.74 1159.9 10.55 78.76 79.25 487.99
6 6 May, 05 - 18:15 67°11.51 049°03.02 1285.5 9.24 87.35 88.49 478.84
7 7 May, 05 - 18:34 67°09.95 048°51.76 1346.0 8.63 94.72 97.12 470.23
8 8 May, 05 - 18:43 67°06.81 048°35.53 1427.1 13.1 105.52 110.22 457.38
9 10 May, 05 - 19:28 67°01.45 048°21.12 1636.3 14.44 115.46 124.66 444.69
10 11 May, 05 - 21:00 66°52.56 047°55.93 1636.3 24.69 134.84 149.35 422.85
11 13 May, 05 - 15:03 66°47.03 047°36.59 1880.7 17.51 150.44 166.86 406.7
12 15 May, 04 - 18:09 66°41.88 047°18.05 1880.7 16.64 165.76 183.5 391.31
13 16 May, 05 - 18:34 66°36.50 046°58.81 1948.4 17.36 182.01 200.86 375.35
14 17 May, 05 - 16:30 66°32.74 046°36.08 2074.7 18.21 200.11 219.07 357.48
15 18 May, 05 - 17:08 66°29.48 046°16.40 2196.0 15.79 215.82 234.86 341.99
16 18 May, 05 - 17:08 66°27.73 045°51.17 2240.0 19.02 234.69 253.88 322.98
17 18 May, 05 - 17:08 66°26.17 045°28.20 2240.0 17.32 251.86 271.2 305.67
18 18 May, 05 - 17:08 66°24.22 045°02.42 2389.0 19.52 271.27 290.72 286.16
19 18 May, 05 - 17:08 66°25.16 044°37.89 2436.0 18.34 288.29 309.06 268.81
20 18 May, 05 - 17:08 66°25.27 044°12.12 2492.0 19.18 306.71 328.24 250.35
21 24 May, 05 - 19:28 66°25.88 043°48.17 2521.9 17.85 323.64 346.09 233.62
22 25 May, 05 - 18:42 66°23.67 043°24.61 2562.3 18.01 341.64 364.1 215.68
23 26 May, 05 - 16:31 66°23.64 042°57.48 2466.9 20.21 361.21 384.31 196.62
24 27 May, 05 - 17:14 66°21.95 042°30.31 2423.1 20.49 381.6 404.8 176.64
25 28 May, 05 - 18:15 66°20.59 042°03.45 2307.7 20.2 401.64 425 157.27
26 29 May, 05 - 17:46 66°19.89 041°37.68 2245.3 19.28 420.59 444.28 139.48
27 30 May, 05 - 16:58 66°17.62 041°09.59 2155.5 21.42 441.97 465.7 119.17
28 31 May, 05 - 17:16 66°15.46 040°40.95 2069.3 21.81 463.72 487.51 99.17
29 31 May, 05 - 17:16 66°15.46 040°40.95 2069.3 0 463.72 487.51 99.17
30 1 Jun, 05 - 18:54 66°11.77 040°07.94 1889.3 25.69 489.4 513.2 75.85
31 4 Jun, 05 - 18:35 65°42.95 038°56.03 634.9 76.43 557.77 589.63 0.74
32 5 Jun, 05 - 15:32 65°34.50 038°56.15 84.8 15.7 563.34 605.33 15.8
 
ABBREVIATIONS
DTTDistance traveled total (true)
DTDistance traveled since last update (true)
DTSDistance traveled straight line (as the crow fly)
DTG Distance to go straight line (as the crow fly)
 
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