Kokatat has come on board as our Major Sponsor for kayak clothing, providing us with all our dry suits, PFD’s and insulation wear. The enviroment we are heading into is harsh and Kokatat will be what stands between our bodies and the elements that could kill us on the wat

3 people, 3 kayaks, 3 months, 3000 polar bears, 2000km’s around Svalbard Archipelago in Arctic Norway, 3 previous attempts none successful, latest attempt ended by a polar bear attack. Finally  I have our promo video done, it is always a challenge to create a short film piece th

Things are now well underway for our Svalbard expedition this coming June.  With Jaime, PG and myself currently scattered around the globe, it hasn’t always been easy to line up the time zones and Skype while we’re all in civilisation.  Many of these calls have been in the

The concept has launched, after 6 years of dreaming of this trip it looks like it will happen in 2015. Welcome to Ice Bears and Islands – our Expedition around Svalbard Archipelago,  Arctic Norway. We will be a team of 4, comprising of myself Jaime Sharp (NZ/Canada), Tara Mulvan