Greenland Expedition 2010

Not your average vacation


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Pictures, finally

I finally received some pictures. It’s only a subset of all the pictures taken with the SLR, and they’re in reduced resolution, but it’s all I’ve been able to obtain. When I combine them with the few images shot using my compact camera it looks like most of the trip is covered. You can view [...]

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Day 7 – Waiting to be evacuated

Since Terje’s knee has not improved after a day of resting and medication, we’ve had to make the decision to abort the expedition. As of now, Terje is not able to pull a pulk, and it is naturally too much for Christian to pull all four of them. We therefore have to be evacuated by [...]

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Day 6 – Bummer

In the beginning of the day Terje’s knee felt fine, and we were very optimistic for the first stretch. But after a while it started getting worse, and after the third stretch we had to make a full stop and set up camp, since Terje was no longer able to move with the pulks at [...]

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Day 5 – King Christian

The day didn’t turn out exactly like we expected. Yesterday Terje started to feel some discomfort in one of his knees. During today’s two first stretches the pain increased. By lunchtime, after 5 stretches, the pain was so bad that Terje couldn’t walk. Christian dug into the first-aid kit, and found Voltaren and Paralgin Forte. [...]

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