Ultimate Arctic Crossing - part 1
Monday February 25 / From their very first steps on the ice, the two men realised that the pack ice was not as firm as it looks. Yesterday evening, in the tent, after making a small reconnaissance of the ice by following fresh bears tracks - whereas they had been assured on Kotel'nyy Island that there were no polar bears in the area - the men heard the first "sledge-hammers" of the pack ice smashing itself to pieces.