Last journey

Yesterday we had our final day with the film crew. We went to a few huts across the fjord and filmed Rob on a satellite phone, in a sleeping bag, treating an injured person in a pretend incident and setting off a flare.

 Pretending to phone Rob's wife in Kalkdal

 Sea ice cracks by the Fame hut while we wait to finish filming.

 Fame hut where we spent a couple of hours

 Pretending to set off a distress flare - no one came to the rescue!

Returning at 10.00pm after a hard day's filming.

 Rob the film star with his stunt double.

Today we tried again to get the depot to Kap Heogh. A local brought fuel up from the village for us, after insisting that he needed payment just an hour before he was due to leave. International bank transfers don't work that quickly! That was one to solve. with the new fuel we were able to try a different valley called Sodal just south of Kalkdal and this involved going over a glacier.

 Ferrying loads up the steep snout of the glacier.

Roping up on the glacier.

All went well and we got to the glacier just fine though all the moraine and up the steep snout slope and roped up. We made progress quickly to the top of the glacier where we could look down onto the east side of Liverpool Land and on to Kap Heogh. Then I spotted the fog. The whole of the east side was covered in sea fog about 100m thick above the surface and rolling up the glacier.

Planning what to do next as we see the fog.

After much discussion we agreed there was nothing for it but to turn round. To navigate in thick fog on a glacier would be impossible.

 Fog rolls up the glacier

 

On the glacier looking down Sodal towards CNP

 

Last obstacle to get over as we head back down Sodal valley.

Then the new 'doo started playing up again. On the way out of Sodal and across the fjord to CNP it would only go a kilometer or two before loosing power and stopping. After 5 minutes it would go again for a another few kms. It was slow going, but eventually we got back to our camp.

Waiting for the skidoo to go again.