March was made up of day after day 8 hour conditioning runs, sometimes camping out for a week at a time.

I layer Bridgedale Endurance Summit socks with Thermal liners. For summer trips I wear Bridgedale Endurance Trekker socks. At home there’s no end, I train twice-daily averaging 100 running miles weekly wearing Bridgedale socks. Tough life socks.

On journey nights my stove melts 90 litres of snow to boil 12 litres of water for my dogs. Some things can be improvised in the Arctic. A stove cannot. In extreme cold it sustains life. I use MSR Whisperlite stoves. They’re quiet enough for me to listen out for a loose dog, fighting or incoming bears. My dogs’ reaction to these circumstances differs. I want to hear it.

Some of you might be planning a Greenland adventure. You’ll need stove fuel so here’s a fuel list translation for you:

• Car gas/petrol - benzin
• White gas/ naphtha - rense benzin/heptane
• Diesel – gas oil
• Meths/alcohol – sprit
• Kerosene – petroleum

Whatever you do don’t take it for granted your first choice fuel will be available in any part of Greenland, same with food because come June our own store is beginning to look Spartan. We can expect our first re-supply ship to reach us by July but it can be days even weeks late because of ice conditions. All Greenland communities rely on these re-supplies each year.

Injuries were not isolated to my dogs. Every season there’s always sled, dog gear maintenance, tent and clothing alterations or repairs to do. I use a block planer to keep plastic runners slick.