This is a bulletin by John based on a satellite phone call from Venkata.
There has been a continuous storm since last Wednesday, and that had prevented any work on the ice cap. Low temperatures (-15C and high winds 60 knots making life less than pleasant). There are 6 up on the ice (Venkata, Mike, Emilie, Laura, Sakari and Piotr). They have erected the pyramid living tents and the mess tent, but did not get the drill shelter made before the storm started. They will have to do this as soon as the wind calms enough to erect the tents, and then they should be able to work in most weather
conditions. It is very unfortunate that they did not manage to get the drill shelter made before the storm as the week of bad weather may be crucial in our attempts to reach the bedrock. -John
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