Not your average vacation
Saturday my wife and me got in our car and drove the 1000 km north to the county of Nordland in Norway. We are relocating to the city of Bodø just north of the Arctic Circle. This is approximately the same latitude as our route across the ice cap. Both of us have got new [...]
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This evening I attended a meeting in the Norwegian Polar Club held at “Polhøgda”, the home of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), famous Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Ivar Liseter, from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, gave a very interesting lecture on Nansens life and accomplishments, after which he gave a tour [...]
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Throughout our preparations we have been seeking advise from people who have skiing expedition experience. Few people in the world can talk about crossing the Greenland ice sheet with more authority than Christian Eide, Norwegian adventurer, expedition guide and entrepreneur. In addition to having crossed the Greenland ice sheet 7 times he is currently holding [...]
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