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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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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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Living on Borrowed Warmth

February 3, 2014by Leo Carew Leave a comment

We have at last acquired a stove for our tent. It is not the one we ordered (DHL claims delivery is quite impossible but appear to be wilting under a […]

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Life in the Freezer

January 21, 2014by Leo Carew 2 Comments

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, […]

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The Dark Time

November 3, 2013by Leo Carew 1 Comment

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 […]

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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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Winter is Coming

September 22, 2013by Leo Carew Leave a comment

Winter is coming to Svalbard. The long arctic day has come to an end, with darkness now cloaking our evenings. Snow dusts the mountaintops that surround Longyearbyen and there is […]

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