An early start for the speed boat that will whisk us to our Base Camp. We race down the Ikaasatsivaq Straight, past the remnants of a few icebergs. Allow me this one aside, the owner of the boat had been scouting one of the large flat top icebergs for Tesla the car manufacturer, for a photo shoot. Unfortunately the berg split into two making it too unstable. Shame it didn’t have the car on it at the time, then hopefully it would have ended up where all Tesla’s belong, at the bottom of the ocean!

We were dispatched on to a rocky outcrop and spent the next four or five hours moving equipment and setting up Base Camp. A beautiful Base Camp in a cove by the sea, surrounded by jagged peaks reminiscent of Patagonia.

The rest of the day was spent rather aimlessly, taking a short walk in the afternoon and then James and I taking a dip in the sea, with a mean temperature of just above freezing. You won’t be surprised neither of us stayed in long and for some reason the other four were laughing and taking photos of us!

An important but not an overly exciting day, just necessary. The excitement starts tomorrow!