{"id":25660,"date":"2025-08-19T00:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/avontuur-op-de-groenlandse-ijskap-navigeren-en-overleven\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:50:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:50:43","slug":"avontuur-op-de-groenlandse-ijskap-navigeren-en-overleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/avontuur-op-de-groenlandse-ijskap-navigeren-en-overleven\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure on the Greenland Ice Cap: Navigation and Survival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-1gwz1si-ecd8bedfb95d85ee6996109298e61835 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64ztu3-846d675314f13359fca42c4201ff35aa '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Listen to the Expedition Greenland Update<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-25660-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audio-blog-14.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audio-blog-14.mp3\">https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audio-blog-14.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/onderwerpen\/greenland-2025\/\">Read all blogs in English.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/groenland-expeditie-2025\/\">Our live position in Greenland.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/groenland-expeditie-2025\/\">Read all previous messages.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f\">\n.flex_column.av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f{\nborder-radius:3px 3px 3px 3px;\npadding:10px 10px 10px 10px;\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64zgdb-764a03b10f56dacf5f241b503f2c1109 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Sign up for the Expedition Newsflash.<\/h2>\n<p>Receive alerts of new blog posts in your email during the expedition.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"ml-embedded\" data-form=\"AWqNqu\"><\/div>\n            \n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='hr av-s1j460-8b84e45465358f2aa3aef05aedecf6b4 hr-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-rnnpki-558c6bf59fdaafc19ab18598bf38c424 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64ytx1-f782ba5f3613bbe73186e5a4eaf44b03 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>A Day on the Greenland Ice Cap<\/h2>\n<p>You&#8217;d never guess what I&#8217;m up to right now. Here I am, sitting on the snow in a comfortable chair, basking in the sun and enjoying my almost evening rest. The wind is still blowing gently, bringing some warmth with it. Inside the tent, with the flap closed, it&#8217;s 28 degrees Celsius, while outside, now that it&#8217;s six in the evening, it&#8217;s about 10 degrees in the sun. It&#8217;s wonderful here. However, the day started differently. At four in the morning, we woke up in a fresh environment; it was about minus 10 degrees last night. It wasn&#8217;t extremely cold in the tent, but still fresh compared to now. It felt like Ibiza! After breakfast, we packed our things and were ready to leave at a quarter past six. Our team of five split up: three of us went on foot and two on skis. We were able to pick up speed well over the hard snow and navigate using a wind vane and the sun that was just peaking above the horizon. We had to maintain a course of 310 degrees and managed to cover almost four kilometers in an hour.            <\/p>\n<h2>Challenges along the Way<\/h2>\n<p>Everything went smoothly until noon. After that, it got warmer, which softened the snow. In addition, clouds came up that obscured the sun, making our shadow navigation impossible. Navigating in Greenland often relies on sun and shadow, but without shadows, we had to rely on our compass and wind vane. The magnetic declination also plays a role here; our compass must be set to 310 degrees to account for a deviation of 22 degrees from the map north. For more information about this, you can participate in my Map and Compass Navigation Workshop in Utrecht. With the clouds lingering, navigating became more difficult without visible contours in the landscape. We had to improvise by navigating with the help of the wind vane and by regularly looking back to check if we were still walking straight.       <\/p>\n<h2>Efficiency and Progress<\/h2>\n<p>We arrived at four in the afternoon after seven and a half shifts, an improvement over yesterday when we did seven shifts and stopped at 4:40 PM. This efficiency has paid off: we covered 26.1 kilometers today. It was a fantastic day and I look forward to tomorrow when we hope to reach our first milestone. 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