Blizzard

For the next 2 days the nor'wester blizzard blew. The gusts were incredibly powerful, as they malformed the tent structure and it shuddered. I reckon the winds were up to 100km/h. On the other side of the island the boat measured 140km/h, and a nearby cruise ship measure 220km/h. But we were safe and warm. We had breakfast around midday, dinner at 8, then went back to bed. We dozed and read and chatted. Not actually an unpleasant day altogether.

 

But by the second day we were feeling a little cagey. Stephen didn't like the thought of using the latrine in such conditions so built an IgLoo, or Ig(Loo)2, or icenschiezerhause. Unfortunately the door faced the camp. Then it was so popular as people had held on all morning to use it that Stephen was too desperate to wait so ended up using the other latrine anyway!

 

There were long calm periods but the gusts still came down on us very powerfully. Snow drifts half buried the tents, and fully buried the pulks. We built walls around the tents, which should have been erected before our assault on Francais. The snow walls were also built over the pulks, burying them deeper. So we got a bit of time outdoors today, but mostly inside, like yesterday. Gotta get out of here tomorrow, but.