As some of you may have seen, the broadcast was not as smooth as supposed, but still we have seen some moving images from Isortoq. The coordinator at the marnix academie, Arie Vonk, was glad with the session, despite the delays in sound and video.

Luckily the chat window worked in correct order, and the team could answer a lot of questions from the kids. On one of the schools, camera teams from both AVRO and the expedition documentary were present. Unfortunately “het jeugdjournaal” decided not to bring this news.

And now the team has completed their last expedition-task it’s only flying and waiting. Lots of waiting maybe, since helicopters on Greenland don’t fly as often as a bus here in Holland…   

32 days walking. 570 km. The team has completed their journey!

 After a hard day yesterday, lots of snow, hidden crevasses, and difficulties, today was a bright day with blue skies. One long downhill to Isortoq, and at the moment they are staying in a hut full of Inuit kids, giving away their remaining food.

Because of the weather, we don’t know yet if they can fly monday. The camera team is stranded in Tasiliq and unfortunately they couldn’t film the arrival.

 But what they surely can do monday,  is broadcasting from Greenland! You can see them answering questions from schoolkids on http://www.projectinlandice.com/streaming.php on 13.00 our time.

 Furthermore het jeugdjournaal (dutch youth news) will also pay attention to the subject by filming on one of the schools that participates in the livechat, so you should also watch NL3 at 18.45 for the news item.

 Congratulations guys and girl!

And therefore, the team has had almost a meter of fresh snow in a few days, which delayed them heavily. Saturday I announced proudly that they had only 120 more km to go, today they still have 65 km to do. The good thing is that the snow is finally a bit more compact, and yesterday they had a 20-km day again. They are still doing fine, but tired and focused on one single point: Isortoq!

 They still aim on arriving the 18th, so that they can catch the first helikopter possibility from Isortoq to Kulusuk. Should they miss this heli, their next chance is thursday the 22nd. For the flights from Kulusuk to Reykjavik, and from Reykjavik to AmsterdamI’m investigating if we can make a reservation to have them back home earlier than saturday the 31st…

With a little delay, a message about the teams whereabouts. They phoned me saturday, but the weather was far too good to switch on my computer this weekend. There was not much special to tell: they’re still going fast, the weather is still very mild, and they’re almost in Isortoq!

You can find their last known position on the front page, and they should by now have another 60-80 km to do, counting on a 20-km-a-day schedule. The camera team, Kevin&Milan leaves today from Schiphol, and they plan to arrive the 15th in Isortoq. That’s a tight fit with the teams estimated arrival date, the 16th, so hopefully they don’t miss the arrival… 

As soon as we know when they will return home, it will be announced here. If anyone of the welcome-home-delegation would like to do something special, please let me know, so that i can coordinate things!

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Who is hiding behind this self-fabricated mask of Duct tape and ice pinnacles?

In cooperation with the team, the Marnix Academie has been working on a project for elementary school kids. 8 students have subscribed for a project where they will focus on the polar region, Greenland, climate change and more. See the project weblog for more info: http://www.dos-hsmarnix.nl/kennisomgeving_publicatie?groep_id=681&pub_id=5745

In the past few weeks, the children in their groups have asked questions and the team has answered them all. You can find all questions and answers online (in Dutch), sorted per school: http://www.projectinlandice.com/vragen.php

Have fun reading!

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