On of my biggest concerns at this time about the trip are not the polar bears (oh, many men to protect me agaist those creatures), not the cold (we'll see what "cold" really means once we'll get there), not the deprevation of comfort (I alread didn't wash myself for more than a week), but the pee bottle. Our guide, Dixie had explained us during a first briefing, that due to the cold leaving your warm down quilt at night, isn't a good idea and therefore some exercise in peeing into the bottle wouldn't be a bad idea.
Easy to say, men can do it in their sleeping bag, but as a woman, you have to stand up - meaning you have to leave your sleeping bag anyway - and just do your thing by very well targeting the bottle (diameter app 5 cm).
I see myself already standing up in the middle of the tent, surrounded by 8 or so men that are completely strangers - at this moment - and me doing what I have to do.
I really can't get this image out of my mind
