GRNLND Chapter 2: Mount Doom
‘The long haul is done. I am very proud of us both. We have pushed so hard to make it here, but if we want to climb one of these […]
Tag Archives: cold
Rocks for a Mattress
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 […]
Greenland, Baby
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 […]
Isfjord Radio
After six long months, I am back in the more southerly latitudes of the UK. It’s been a hell of a year, which culminated in a month spent at Isfjord […]
Newtontoppen
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, […]
The Midnight Sun
The next time I shall see a sunset will be on my return to the UK (currently scheduled to be July). From these Northern latitudes, the sun now hovers above […]
Cold
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 […]
Starlight
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 […]
Sex Panther
So I’ve succumbed to my rather less mature side and bought a snow-mobile. This was certainly not part of the plan for this year, but for the grand price of […]
Life in the Freezer
We’re back in Svalbard. After a six week hiatus in England (which appeared to be mostly underwater) and a rather underwhelming November spent in the town of Alta, Northern Norway, […]
The Cold Edge 