We stand on the shore of the Vilkitsky Strait, separating the Cape Chelyuskin from the Northern Land archipelago. The length of the strait is 130 km, and the width at the narrowest point between Cape Chelyuskin and Cape Taimyr on Bolshevik is 56 km.

The head of the expedition Alexander Peterman thinks out a plan for further movement, consults with meteorologists. On the way, the barrier is drifting ice. The ice floes move thousands of kilometers from their place of origin, sometimes forming pack (multi-year) arrays.

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The air temperature is -30С. Polynyas, in places sludge, slightly freeze, forming a thin ice. I’ll have to check every meter of the path, i.e. practically walk 56 km on foot to Bolshevik Island. Snowmobiles and sleighs, loaded with 500 kg of fuel and provisions, in case of one wrong action, will go under the ice in seconds.

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In an interview before the start of the expedition, Alexander Peterman said:

“… This year we will once again try to break through to the Northern Land and the Arctic cape – our long-standing goal, which we have not yet managed to get to.” One year, the early-coming ice prevented, in the other, the illness of one of the participants. if the conversation is about the safety of some of the team members, we are not getting to the records: human life in extreme conditions of the Far North is always valued more than ambitions. In the Arctic, by the way, it is very noticeable how much the climate on the planet is changing. We see that all the huts and that were once built at a safe distance from the water are now washed away completely or washed up.The water rises, something is changing in nature, and it’s literally in recent years since 2008 that we are going to the Arctic. Hopefully this time it’s an old dream, it’s one thing to fly there as a tourist, drink vodka there, fly away and tell everyone where you’ve been.On the other hand, when we went on our first expedition, there was a everyone wanted to set records. But then realized that this is stupidity, this is exactly what you can not do …. “(read the full article” The Arctic is not a place for vanity “in the News section).

The team is ready for any turn of events. We still do not accept a final decision, we remain at Cape Chelyuskin for a few more days.

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