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A rare species found mostly within the Arctic Circle and Antarctica, its' name stems from a Norwegian word 'pulken', simply translated as 'sledge'. The verb used for those daft enough to want to pull one is 'sledgehauling'. This has superseded the now passé euphemism of 'manhauling', a verb now confined to the days when Polar travel was largely limited to the male bastion. This was before girls like ourselves neutralised the verb by taking to the frozen Polar wastes.

The pulk is an ungainly, wilful and overweight travelling companion, not much given to conversation. Its fibreglass case measures some five feet by one and a half feet and sports a voluminous nylon zip top - green, blending nicely with the scenery - upon which are proudly emblazoned our M&G ISA badges. Three safety straps secure the content to avoid, as British radio traffic reports say, shedding its load. And it is a load all right, with each of us pulling 150 pounds. After all, our pulks are bearing the full weight of our chattels - food, fuel, equipment, stoves, tent, mascara etc. With each team member pulling a different assortment of these cherished possessions their pulk takes on its own identity - some high, some wide, some lumpy, some pretending to be heavier than others.

Each team member, along with their respective pulk, assumes a particular skiing style as they pull their reluctant loads. While Ann stomps, Zoe strains, Caroline steps with great purpose, Rosebud walks and Pom makes it look like a doddle.

The vastly differing snow conditions have an indisputable effect on the pulks' moods. They love icy, hard, snow over which they dutifully fly as light as a feather - 150 pound feathers ' but they loathe powdery, sticky snow and dig their heels in every inch of the way. In those kind conditions it is a huge relief to stop for our five minute hourly breaks, when they suffer the indignity of being used as park benches from which we chew over our cud and our Mars Bars and catch our breath.

Towards the end of the day, the pulks are drawn up and Caroline devotedly stables and lashes them down and relieves them of their loads. They settle down like huskies, before long asleep and invisible under a thin layer of snow.

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