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Ready for adventure
Everything is ready now for the adventure. Just a few last minute details to finish before leaving. Our guide Ingebjorg will be in Spitsbergen early next week, and the rest of participants,...
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First campsite in the wild
Report from Ingebjorg, 2nd August. Our position: N 78 23.674, E 16 50.178 We started out at noon. Jackie and Steve’s plane arrived late, at 5am so they did not sleep much and were quite tired. So we...
View ArticleComing out of Templefjord
Report from Ingebjorg, 3rd August. Our position: N 78 26.360, E016 28.194 Today we paddled around 11 Km. It was quite heavy, with strong W winds facing headfirst, so we had wind, weather and waves on...
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preparations in longyearbyen
It’s not the right chronological order, as our team is already on the move and on their third day out, but anyway, here’s some photos of them while finishing preparations on Longyearbyen ! No news from...
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smooth paddling
Inge’s report from Svalbard. I am calling during polar bear guard, at 04:30 am with our report from yesterday, 4th August. Our position is N78 32.004, E16 28.233 Yesterday was a good day of paddling....
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sun is shining
Report from Ingebjorg and the kayak team. Windy in the morning, and we thought we will have to struggle against it again. But then, as we were paddling, the sky opened up, the sun came out and the...
View ArticleGhost town in svalbard
Our position tonight 7th August: N78 39.519, E16 25.766 Tonight we set up camp outside of Pyramiden, the old mining Russian settlement, a ghost city nowadays. This is our pick up point for tomorrow 8th...
View ArticleBack for a shower, dinner and a soft bed !
So we are back in Longyearbyen. After another beautiful day we only had some problems because of the wind. It was strong, and the sail boat supossed to pick us up was concerned about it. So we got in...
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