Arctic Circle Residency Planning - sketching supplies

I’m starting to think about what materials to take with me to the Arctic Circle Residency in May. I’m just kidding, I’ve been thinking about it since March 23, 2024, when I found out I’d been selected. But now it’s time to actually DO the work of putting a sketching kit together.
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For years I’ve been using the same sketching supplies. I do switch out materials now and then – exchanging my fat pen (Pigma Graphic 1) for a chisel tip or adding and then removing a *fountain pen.

Here’s my current set up:

• Small sketchbook (Moleskine 3.5x5.5) with fat pen, Pigma Micron 01, diluted sumi, oil base pencil, Mitsubishi Vermilion/Prussia blue, Prismacolor Premier neon pink

• 8x5 Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook with colored pencils (mostly Faber-Castell Polychromos), a small watercolor set (Art Toolkit), a pencil sharpener, Kuretake water brushes, and a few repeats from the small sketchbook kit

For sketching in the Arctic, what changes do I make? I rely heavily on water-based media, especially diluted sumi, which I often use to quickly lay out a sketch in a way that adds some weight to the final sketch. I’ve been trying to get the same effect using dry materials, but honestly, I haven’t been trying that hard because my diluted sumi works just fine in winter in Memphis.

diluted sumi, chisel-tip pen, Pigma Micron 01

​So – these are the things I need to do right now:

1. Try to get the same effect of quickly laying out a sketch with dry materials – pencil, what else?
2. Put my diluted sumi pen in the freezer and see what happens. Maybe I will be able to use it in May Arctic temperatures?
3. ASK FOR HELP. Do you have experience with sketching in very cold temperatures? Do you have any advice?

I am definitely taking all of these same dry materials. About the colored pencils I use – they are not watercolor pencils. I like the texture of regular colored pencils, and I like being able to paint over them. Other than watercolors, I use non-water-soluble materials (colored pencils, pencils, waterproof ink) because I don’t want my sketches to melt. Unless they are watercolor? I don’t know – I didn’t say this was logical.
 
If you have any input on this topic, please let me know! I’m open to suggestions!
 
*I don’t love fountain pens! I did for a while, but I can’t manage their inconsistency. I need my materials to be working at all times.