{"id":25726,"date":"2025-08-24T21:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/white-out-op-groenland-rustdag-vol-sneeuw-en-stroopwafels\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T22:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T20:30:48","slug":"white-out-op-groenland-rustdag-vol-sneeuw-en-stroopwafels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/white-out-op-groenland-rustdag-vol-sneeuw-en-stroopwafels\/","title":{"rendered":"White-out in Greenland: Rest Day Full of Snow and Stroopwafels"},"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-25726-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audio-blog-20.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audio-blog-20.mp3\">https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/audio-blog-20.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>Day 11 of the Greenland Expedition: a Rest Day in the White-Out<\/h2>\n<p>Today, Sunday, August 24, marks day 11 of our expedition across the Greenland ice cap. It&#8217;s a day of rest, as we haven&#8217;t covered any distance. The reason?   A total white-out. Visibility is literally zero; we can&#8217;t see a hand in front of our faces due to the dense fog and snowfall. We even have to be careful not to wander too far from the tent, or we won&#8217;t find our way back. <\/p>\n<h2>A Snowy Night and Outlook<\/h2>\n<p>Last night, it snowed heavily, with no less than 30 centimeters of fresh snow. And although some light snowfall is expected tonight, we hope to continue our journey tomorrow. <\/p>\n<h2>The Culinary Side of the Expedition<\/h2>\n<p>Yesterday, I talked about our dinner, and Susana reminded me that we also have stroopwafels with us, in addition to our vitamin tablets and electrolytes. These are essential because all the water we drink comes from melted snow, which contains hardly any nutrients. <\/p>\n<h2>How to Spend a Rest Day?<\/h2>\n<p>On such a rest day without internet or social media, it feels like waiting for a bus with a dead phone battery. We spend the day checking the weather via our app, boiling water, reading, and mostly sleeping. This morning, I slept in until half-past eight and even took an afternoon nap. It&#8217;s wonderful to let the muscles relax for a while.   <\/p>\n<h2>The Organization Inside the Tent and Pulka<\/h2>\n<p>Our tent is small but organized. We&#8217;ve developed a routine: get up, eat, pack, walk, pause, and repeat until we stop around half-past one \u201cin the afternoon to set up the tent and eat. In my pulka, everything is neatly arranged: at the front is a drybag with extra clothing, followed by a large bag for items I don&#8217;t need in the tent. Behind that are three fuel bottles, and on top is my tent bag with daily essentials like food and clean clothes. Inside the tent, there&#8217;s also order. Susana sleeps on the left, I on the right. Next to me are all the items we need to sleep comfortably and get through the day. Everything has its place so I can grab my things blindly at night.\u201d       <\/p>\n<h2>An Organized Chaos<\/h2>\n<p>Although it sometimes seems chaotic, everything is fairly organized. Now Susana is calling that the soup is ready, so it&#8217;s time to eat. Tomorrow, we hope to make progress again and cover about 25 kilometers, but every kilometer counts in these conditions.   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