Greenland Expedition 2010

Not your average vacation


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This is it

Today is the big day. I can’t believe it’s finally here. In mere hours we will board our planes and meet up in Copenhagen where we will sleep over to catch the early flight on Monday morning to Kangerlussuaq on the west coast of Greenland. I’m still not done packing but I can see the [...]

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The Chocolate Cake Recipe!

If you saw the video from Hardangervidda, you might have noticed our enthusiasm about a chocolate cake. On the third day of this trip we met a guy from Switzerland who was on his way from Lindesnes (the most southern part of Norway) to Nordkapp (the most northan part of Norway). We offered him some of [...]

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45.000 kcal

I just finished preparing our rations for our training trip. For those of you looking to trim your figure before the bikini season sets in, cover your eyes. 4,5 full day rations per head at 5.000 kcal a piece. This is slightly less than our daily rations on our crossing of the ice sheet. The [...]

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Firearm permit approved in 36 minutes

In a spectacular display of service mindedness the Chief Constable of Greenland spent a full 36 minutes executing and approving our application for a firearm permit. That is – 36 minutes from the application left my email outbox until the signed permit entered my email inbox. I dare you to come up with any public [...]

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