We are planning to update our blog on a daily basis with text and images during our crossing. To enable us to do this we need to hook up a mini computer to a satellite phone. This type of equipment is hard to come by and expensive to rent. Luckily Hugo Rolf Hansen generously agreed to lend us his satcom kit in exchange for my PLB which he carried when he set the world record for longest distance traveled by kite in 24 hours on Greenland in august 2009.
The complete kit consists of an Iridium satellite phone, data connector, mini laptop, chargers, cache battery and a flexible solar panel. In combination with some custom software this will allow us to keep in touch with all our followers on a daily basis. With any luck we will test it out on our training trip to Hardangervidda, starting on the 31. January.
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