Jade Hameister is a poster girl for GRIT&ROCK. This 14 year-old Australian aims to become the youngest person ever to ski to the two poles and across Greenland's ice cap. She will be going on ice with us in the coming days. I enjoyed spending sometime with her learning … [Read more...]
Dog Days in Svalbard
Expedition update: sitting tight for a potential Monday departure. Some day soon - once I am picked up from ice and am safely on my way to Kathmandu - I will write up in great detail this gripping drama of geopolitics that sums up a battle for the Arctic, Russia's posturing … [Read more...]
Curveballs: Sunken Airstrip and the Race Against Time
The landing strip video above reveals a forthcoming drama of today. The runway at the Barneo floating Arctic station that cracked some three days ago, has partially sunk this morning making it an unviable airstrip. That means delay of at least 5 days as … [Read more...]
Svalbard, the last Arctic frontier
Expedition GRIT&ICE is officially underway with my South Pole teammate Julia 'Schulzi', Eric Larsen, an uber experienced polar explorer and myself testing all polar systems. We are camping out this week in Spitzbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, a confusing amalgamation … [Read more...]
