The Three Poles – Maxime Chaya

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Apr

23.

Rick and Our Missing Food! Day 51

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Midnight Sun Dogs

The wind has died down, the race is ON!

We’re a lean mean skiing machine, well-greased and as efficient as we’ll ever be. The only thing we can’t control is the weather and the drift, both of which have been calmed down by your persistent prayers… thank you.

With some fantastic Strategizing and Coordination, we were able to cross paths with Rick Sweitzer and his teams, who were carrying our missing food: the second resupply only delivered 10 of the 15 days of food we were expecting, so Rick carried the remaining 5. Thank you Rick!!!

We are now packed and loaded, and nothing, I repeat nothing, will stand between us and the North Pole.

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Day 51

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Day 51

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Mar

26.

ReSupply AHOY!!! Day 22

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We received our first resupply today!!!

We even gained .75 nautical miles overnight… by drifting (ice on water drifts…), what a treat!

It usually seems that the drift is against you, but every so often it acts as friend, rather than foe.

After the resupply we skied 4.5 nautical miles. Our position today in degrees, minutes and seconds is N84.47.04, W78.25.02.

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Day 22 (PART 1) Briefing in English

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Day 22 (PART 2) Briefing in Arabic

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Mar

25.

Awaiting the ReSupply… Day 21

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Our Kitchen Stove

Maxime Chaya - North Pole Expedition
Playing with our Food! Or what’s left of it… before the resupply.

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Inside the Tent – Cozy like Sardines

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Morning Frost on the Inside!

Today is a rest day.

It’s our third week on the ice, we’re sitting in our tent waiting for the Twin Otter to make its way from Resolute to our current location with our First ReSupply.

The arrival of a ReSupply is highly dependent on good weather and snow conditions, so we first find a flat and wide pan, then we buckle up and pray for good weather. If the weather turns bad, we must remain in place in order to conserve what little food and fuel we have left.

Update: The weather did not permit a ReSupply today. We rested well, but must stay put tomorrow in anticipation of better weather and the ReSupply.

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Day 21 Briefing in Arabic followed by English

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23.

Whiteout tips the Balance – Day 19

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Rough Ice

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Uphill Struggle

We made 6.9 nautical miles in 7 hours…

We had poor ice conditions and headwinds which brought in low visibility.

When the visibility is low, and when you get white-out conditions, it is amazing how hard your eyes work just to get a “fix” on anything. There is no contrast – everything is white – and it is difficult to gauge the terrain.
In these conditions it’s not hard to lose your balance, and at the end of the day you are exhausted!

If all goes well, and if weather conditions are favorable we will receive our first resupply tomorrow. Though our sleds will get heavy again, there are a few goodies in the resupply that we are looking forward to getting… it’s like Santa Claus dropped a bag from his sled

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Day 19 Briefing in Arabic

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tina: you are a amazing personnal i like you you have a courage

Shoghig: you made me realize how infinite can dreams be...

Omar Al Dana from wellspring [grade 4 ]: I want to be like you , a risktakere ;i loooooooove you

DHARI AL SALEH: congragulationsfor your succes maximum max

ibrahim sakr: hi max remember me i am a wellspring i came to villa audie on thursday 3 december 3

philippe.helou@murex.com: just spent a good part of the night on your site, the little mountain climbing i have done and my attachment to nature help me appreciate how wonderful are your achievements

Mireilla AbouRjeily: We are so proud of you I wish to do the same like you

Georges Assaf: We are proud of you Maxime!! You lift our Lebanese Spirit Up!!!

nadia rifai: hello i thank u for coming to our school expo and again i congradulate u n

Samia: You are a role model!

elie zgheib: go tiger

nadia from wellspring: i am so happy because you came to our school i kept my comic strip in class so maybe miss chirine could give it to you congradulation for your sucess

Andree: Dear Maxim.. From a little country to a far away land..wish we all have your determination..you are a world wide symbol of lebanese pride.. GOD BLESS YOU..

Rami: You have an amazing spirit and courage, we are all proud of your achievements! total RESPECT!

Mark: Still feeling so proud of what you have done... Max... the hero of Lebanon!!! One of so few in the world to do whatyou have done...

Nadine: vs etes venu chez ns a l'ecole(IC Ain Aar) on a tous ete impressiones vs etes la fierte du Liban!! Ur our biggest hero thanks for everytime you did ur best to raise lebanon's name very hight!! we are proud of u!! Alf mabrouf

MASAYA: "Maxim respire ,liban existe." Je suis trop fière d'être libanaise comme toi MAXIM.

Imad A. Aoun: Max,comme t'appelle tes amis,j'ai suivi avec fierte tes apparences a la TV et ce soir avec Bikra Ilna sur OTV...tu es notre fierte nationale avec un esprit propre ,fier et determine .Courage dans tout ce que tu entreprends,et que Dieu soit toujours avec toi !!!

Rami A: Maxime you are a history !!! we are so proud of you when i will grow up i will make the climb of everst ur are my superman !!!

JC: It's a great pleasure to meet such a brave conquerer!!!

R1: Max, I watched the first season of Everest and admired your professionalism and compassion and have tremendous respect for you and for all other mountaineers (like me) because of the many challenges you endured. Congratulations to you and to your country!

joumana Accad: I am so proud of you! You are a Lebanese hero!

Ben (NY): Maxime you ROCK !!! Bravo !! Congrats!!

sana labelle: we areally proud proud to sse you proud to be lebanease proud to see the flag up there!!!!!!!!!!you are divine MAX .just a real champion a dep one a true one.

Ramzi Hawa: Max this is a fantastic achievement. You are a really outstanding person and a true star. Sincere congratulations.

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