Greenland Expedition 2010

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Terje relocating to northern Norway

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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Follow us on Twitter

By popular demand we are now publishing our blog updates via Twitter too. If you prefer Twitter over RSS or Email, subscribe to our feed at https://twitter.com/exp2010

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Pilgrimage

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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Beers with a veteran

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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