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Below is a context map, showing the expedition area on the North Shore of Alaska. Below that is a detailed chart showing land and sea features, and my daily position (the yellow dot, updated by Expedition Coordinator Charles Sullivan, who is available by email at team@soloice.com). Below that is a table with my daily communique on weather etc; it will start to appear once the sat phone system is up, around 5 February.

A code key for some of the code items is available here.

The weather (at Barrow) can be tracked here, or here, the sea ice coverage here, the projected ice movement here, and Notices to Mariners (Alaska) here.


DAY DATE Location North West Elev Comment Temp (F) Wind Vel (mph) Wind Chill (F) Pressure (mb) Wind Dir Cloud Precip Surface Activity Distance Today Distance to Date
1 3-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  14F 7am  25mph gusts 30mph  -5F    SE    0        
2 4-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments and photo  14F  0-5mph      SE    3        
3 5-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  -8F  2-5mph      SE    0        
4 6-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  4F  20mph  -17F    E    0        
5 7-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  3F  20mph  -18F    ESE    0        
6 8-Feb    71d11m38sN  156d27m40sW  11 feet  Click here for comments  -5F  20mph  -30F  1022mb  ESE  0  0  2  5  3.6 miles  6.6 miles
7 9-Feb    71d8m26sN  156d15m20.5sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -6F  12mph  -25F  1023mb  ESE  8  0  2  5  5.89 miles  12.5 miles
8 10-Feb    71d4m25.2sN  156d03m44.2sW  20 feet  Click here for comments  -4F  0  0  1035mb  0  0  0  4  5  6.34  18.84
9 11-Feb    71d8m28.3sN  156d13m48.4sW  35 feet  Click here for comments  -12F  15mph  -42F  1028mb  ENE  0  0  2  5  6.00  24.84
10 12-Feb    71d14m36.9sN  156d29m54.2sW  9 feet  Click here for comments  -24F  0  0  1017mb  0  0  0  2  5  9.27  34.11
11 13-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  -17F (7:00pm NOAA)  10mph (7:00pm NOAA)  -37F (7:00pm NOAA)  1014mb (7:00pm NOAA)  NE (7:00pm NOAA)    0 (7:00pm NOAA)        
12 14-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  -2F (7:00pm NOAA)  30mph (7:00pm NOAA)  -29F (7:00pm NOAA)  1021mb (7:00pm NOAA)  ENE (7:00pm NOAA)    3 (7:00pm NOAA)        
13 15-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    No comment for today  -15F (7:00pm NOAA)  18mph (7:00pm NOAA)  -41F (7:00pm NOAA)  1024mb (7:00pm NOAA)  E (7:00pm NOAA)    0 (7:00pm NOAA)        
14 16-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  -16F (11:00am NOAA)  12mph (11:00am NOAA)  -38F (11:00am NOAA)  1031mb (11:00am NOAA)  ENE (11:00am NOAA)    0 (11:00am NOAA)        
15 17-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    No comment for today  -20F (7:00pm NOAA)  7mph (7:00pm NOAA)  -37F (7:00pm NOAA)  1023mb (7:00pm NOAA)  NE (7:00pm NOAA)    0 (7:00pm NOAA)        
16 18-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  -19F (2:00pm NOAA)  6mph (2:00pm NOAA)  -35F (2:00pm NOAA)  1017mb (2:00pm NOAA)  ENE (2:00pm NOAA)    0 (2:00pm NOAA)        
17 19-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for recent photos  -21F (1:00pm NOAA)  12mph (1:00pm NOAA)  -44F (1:00pm NOAA)  1012mb (1:00pm NOAA)  SSW (1:00pm NOAA)    3 (1:00pm NOAA)        
18 20-Feb  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments  -22F (12:00pm NOAA)  5mph (12:00pm NOAA)  -36F (12:00pm NOAA)  1020mb (12:00pm NOAA)  ENE (12:00pm NOAA)/td>    0 (12:00pm NOAA)        
19 21-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -30F  0  0  1027mb  0  0  0  NA  5  8.37 miles  8.37 miles
20 22-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments and photos  -30F  0  0  1026mb  0  0  0  NA  5  0 miles  8.37 miles
21 23-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -28F  0  0  1020mb  0  NA  3  NA  NA  0 miles  8.37 miles
22 24-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -30F  10 mph  -53F  1020mb  SW  NA  3  NA  NA  0 miles  8.37 miles
23 25-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA
24 26-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -30F  20-30mph  -61F to -67F  1020mb  W  4  3  1  NA  0  8.37 miles
25 27-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -30F  20-40mph  -61F to -71F  1020mb (morning) to 1029mb (evening)  W  4  0  1  NA  NA  8.37 miles
26 28-Feb  Iko Bay hut  71d10m59sN  155d57m51.8sW  15 feet  Click here for comments  -32F  0  0  1040mb  NA  0  0  NA  NA  NA  8.37 miles
27 1-Mar    71d14m07sN  156d15m35.3sW  NA  Click here for comments  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  7.51 miles  15.88 miles
28 2-Mar  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments                      
29 3-Mar  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments and drawings                      
30 4-Mar  BASC  71d19mN  156d44mW    Click here for comments                      

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