As it grows darker, a storm once again is moving in. I’ve got minutes before it’s gonna hit me. Let’s keep moving. So I’ve got to get off this soon. Already temperatures are minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit. There is no sign of shelter and this storm is getting worse. There’s probably just 30 minutes of daylight left. 

 

I’m on a glacier in Iceland. A blizzard has come in. And if you are here, you’d need to find shelter fast. It’s minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit. But winds at 50 miles an hour make it much colder. But the wind’s not only my enemy, but it can also be my friend. And what happens when the wind blows over these sorts of ridges if you look up here, it builds up a load of snow on the leeward side of it, on the side out of the wind. And I can use that snow then to dig into and create like a little snow cave. A couple of years ago, a snowmobiler got separated from his friends during a blizzard. He managed to stay alive for 48 hours before rescue came because he got out of the wind by digging himself a snow hole. This is definitely harder work without any form of shovel. But all the snow is quite nice and loose. And the bits are coming out in blocks like this, I’m gonna keep so I can use those to then dam up the entrance in the end. You should keep your pace steady. If you allow sweat to freeze on your body, hypothermia will come on twice as fast.