Windy morning. We are anchoring in front of Etah – the base for many North Pole expeditions. Now it is empty. They announce that 45-min zodiac ride will take
us to the Etah and then we will walk to the glacier. First zodiac with the armed scouts departs at 7 am. 20 minutes later they return
wet announcing: landing is not possible due to the strong wind and high waves.
We sail along Kap Alexander paited by the nature like a chocolate cake. On the other side of the Kap we anchor again and try to land
in front of the glacier. With all my layers on and high rubber boots I was already in the gangway to the zodiac when they announced:
sorry, no landing… Bad luck! You must take this into account planning your polar adventure! In the strong sun we turned to the Kap York.
