Just a quick note from the BALMY shores of Lake Winnipeg where the ambient temperature is - 4 F / -20 C. The group Dean, Dave, Gus, Bruno, Nathan and Felipe have spent the past two days in a cold weather boot camp of sorts. Learning how to set up set up tents, use stoves, ski and pull sleds and generally be comfortable in windchills that dropped to roughly -20 F. Tomorrow, we focus on expedition nutrition while packing for a 5 day mini expedition on Lake Winnipeg. It's been non stop from morning until late at night gearing up and I look forward to hitting the ice when I can at least get 8 hours of sleep!

Image: A few of the polar crew practicing polar sled pulling techniques