Transmissions from the Ice Sheet

Date: 11-23-2008
Location: Medlands Beach, Abel Tasman National Park
Time: ~9pm
Latitude: 40°55′15.58″S
Longitude: 173° 3′16.92″E
Elevation: 2 m
Precipitation: light to heavy rain throughout the day
Animals: Birds including the New Zealand Bellbird and all black
oystercatcher, sand flies (!).
Breakfast: Muesli w/ dried fruit.
Lunch: Bagels w/ lettuce, cucumber, cheese, tuna.
Supper: Couscous with Lamb and beef sauce from pouches.
Hiked another ~11km today. Saw [...]

Date: 11-20-2008
Location: End of Old Beach Road, just north of Kaikoura
Time: 10 pm
Latitude: 42°19′56.38″S
Longitude: 173°43′41.75″E
Elevation: 2 m
Temperature: ~15-20°C
Animals: a few seals & lots of seabirds
Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, hash browns & toast at Devon Hotel
Lunch: Lamb meat pie and potato wedges at the Antarctica Visitor Center
Supper: Whole crayfish, whitefish patty, and rice at roadside shack.
After a [...]

Date: 11-24-2008
Location: Dolphin Lodge, Kaikoura
Time: 10pm
Latitude: 42°24′14.08″S
Longitude: 173°40′57.40″E
Elevation: ~20 m
Wind speed: ~40-60 mph
Precipitation: heavy in the morning
Animals:
Breakfast: Musli & other leftover food
Lunch: Tuna and crackers
Supper: Fish & Chips
Last night it rained a lot! Spruce and I were sleeping in bivy sacks under a tarp and although we weren’t getting rained on directly, our bivy sacks [...]