Getting organized... again

This morning at 10 am we were expected at the warehouse to organize the sleds.
Coming outside was a quick wake up call. -25C and windy. The cold cut in our face but the warehouse is only 100m from our lodge. We were happy to get into the shelter, realizing that once we are on the ice, we won't have that anymore... First task we had to fullfill: cleaning the sledges. During transportation the cargo company put our brand new sledges full of stickers and they had to be removed. Dixie and Troy bought aceton and scrapers so the whole team put all their strenghts on the scraping. It took us from 10.30am until 1pm to finish this Titanus job. After that, Ruud and myself tried out our kitchen, meaning make the stove work in a decent time. This action went very smoothly. We got 1 hour to go for a lunch. Together with Boudewijn, Jo and Ruud, I visited the same place where we all ended yesterday. In the meantime, Wim had arrived. Coming back to the warehouse by 3 pm, the tents were erected, skis and boots tried on again and some brave ones even erected their tent outside. Within 15 minutes one of the guys nose became white of the cold. First sign... And knowing that currently we are only at 79 degrees North and at 90 it's now -39C, exceptionally cold for the time of the year!
Last repairs on the sticks and tents poles, cords attached to the sleds and other material checks were executed. After that, we went to Dixie's place to distribute the food: 25 kilo per tent (2 persons) for 10 days. The organization, traffic and excitement there looked like a real supply chain center. After that, everyone was ready to get a good diner. And that's were I'm off to right now!