GRNLND Chapter 3: Onwards
Team Moskus had failed on Mt. Doom. We traipsed into basecamp beneath the midday sun, exhausted and bitterly disappointed. We’d climbed through the night and half the day, and crawled […]
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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 […]
GRNLND Chapter 1: Ninety-Two Degrees North
Some months ago now, I returned from the expedition of a lifetime in Arctic Greenland. The period since has been one of the busiest of my life, and it is […]
Oscar II Land
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 […]
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 […]
Barentsburg and Back – The Russian Coast
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 […]
