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Iceland

November 30, 2017by Leo Carew 2 Comments

Three years ago, I passed briefly through Iceland. It was a compelling world of volcanoes and waterfalls, surprisingly abundant after the months spent at much higher latitudes. It even had […]

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Adventures, Updates

Rocks for a Mattress

September 2, 2015by Leo Carew 2 Comments

It felt very fine to be lining up for another adventure, this one to Chamonix with the aim of summiting the highest mountain in Western Europe: Mont Blanc. On this […]

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Adventures

Greenland, Baby

June 18, 2015by Leo Carew 1 Comment

It’s been a while since I posted here. I’ve been back in the UK for months now and have completed the rather uncomfortable transition between life in an Arctic wilderness […]

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Oscar II Land

June 15, 2014by Leo Carew 2 Comments

Back when I first arrived on Svalbard in 2010, we had a saying: “The sun always shines in Oscar II Land.” Looking out across Isfjord from its Southerly coast, it […]

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Newtontoppen

May 9, 2014by Leo Carew 3 Comments

After 10 days spent in the field, I have returned to the relative civilisation of the world’s Northernmost town to hear devastating news. The Sex Panther, my heroic leopard-print snow-mobile, […]

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Cold

March 26, 2014by Leo Carew Leave a comment

You may’ve noticed that in previous updates, I have been rather reticent on the subject of temperature, perhaps surprising given that this is a blog about the Arctic. The simple […]

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Starlight

March 6, 2014by Leo Carew 1 Comment

Yesterday, I took advantage of the freedom granted by having a snow mobile and took a day-trip to Barentsburg. It took us 8 days to get there and back on […]

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Barentsburg and Back – The Russian Coast

October 9, 2013by Leo Carew 5 Comments

Myself and my fellow students have just returned from an epic eight-day trek to Barentsburg; a Russian mining settlement on Svalbard’s West Coast. This was a hard expedition. Travelling 150km […]

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Back at Last

September 4, 2013by Leo Carew 5 Comments

More than three years since I was here last and true to the promise I made myself at the end of my expedition here in 2010, I have returned to […]

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