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 […]
Tag Archives: Glacier
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Dark Time
I write from a university cafeteria in Alta, Northern Norway. The dark-time has descended upon Svalbard, with the impending winter beginning to make its presence felt through cold that bites […]
Nordenskiöldbreen – The Glacier Excursion
Today, we celebrated a birthday. We have just returned from our 8-day expedition to the tremendous Nordenskiöldbreen glacier, and, whilst noting down each others’ birthdays to produce a moonshine batch […]
The Cold Edge 