Success!

We finally found a route to the north of Liverpool Land yesterday. This has been a great relief as we have spent 4 days reccy-ing to find a way through for our two sets of clients who need to go up there.

The problem had been sand and rocks on a very windy section by an escarpment. Usually this is covered, but this year was bare of snow. We went to have one last look and found a way round over some very rough ground to better snow.

After leaving the skidoos at a dead end, we walked up to a high point to look for ways through the rocks and gravel. We eventually found a thin patch of snow over some gravel which was the key to the way through.

The dust on the snow made some beautiful shapes

 

After that, surfaces were really good and we made fast progress until I broke a drive belt which needed to be replaced. We noticed it at a rest stop and caught it before it completely broke, but all the top surface had shredded leaving fluff from the inner cords all over the drive wheels and clutch. We carry spares in every Skidoo and tools to fix them, but it still took 1/2 an hour or so.

We eventually got to a view point over Carlsberg Fjord and North Liverpool Land in the distance and then knew that we could make it all the way to the northern tip. We then started the long trip back to base, getting home about 6.00pm