part 3. barneo.

barneo is a small tented camp 1500 kms from terra firma in the middle of the frozen arctic ocean built by viccaar a private russian organsation run by a very charismatic guy called victor borovsky. the camp is a source of great national pride in russia goodness knows what else might go on there. they set it up at the end of march by dropping parachutists down who recce the best place to put the runway and the camp, then all the tents and and two bulldozers are dropped to make the runway. two huge helicopters then relay out to provide rescue and logistic services taking two days to get out there from murmansk picking up fuel in stashes on the way. a massive undertaking. there were big delays this year due to poor weather and this led to our delays. the camp was finished on april 4th. the camp is then dismantled on april 26th and the arctic ocean reclaims the ice. we unpacked our stuff from the back of the plane had a safety briefing and off we set at about 9 pm in bright sunlight.