Camping precariously atop the Glacial cliffs our inreach keeps us in touch with the world every step of the way.
Sorry for the delay in our blog posts, the ice broke quickly and allowed us passage around the north of Nordaustlandet, the journey proved to be something more epic, surreal and mind blowing than any of us had imagined, it consumed our existence in every facet of emotions and physical states. Last night, August 9th 2015, at 10.55pm we returned to our food depot on Spitsburgen Island, completing our circumnavigation of the island of Nordaustlandet and becoming part of an elite group of only 8 kayakers to ever succeed at this goal (along side the team of 5 Norwegian kayakers attempting at the same time who we assume have completed in these last couple of days as well). We are exhausted and the memories of our experiences almost seem unreal, as if we simply existed in some Hollywood movie for a week and now have woken up where we begun. Once we recover and have a chance to recharge the solar system, we will get some more detailed blogs and some pictures up of our last 2+ weeks. Thanks for all the support. Jaime and the Ice Bears and Islands Team www.svalbard.worldwildadventure.com
phew.. blog means that you werent eaten by polar bears.. thats a positive.. continue journeying safely.. stay strong.. 🙂
WOW! sounds quite intense ! I can’t wait to have more details. Rest well before continuing your adventure as exciting but hopefully less intense ans ”scary”
Huge achievement. Take time to savour success. Pictures when ready – Thanks.
That’s a brilliant achievement glad to hear you came out of it okay. I hiked to Aspiring flat and back today by myself and saw the wall of rock and ice for the first time like seeing an ancient cathedral of nature. It may sound simple to you but for the first time I see ice dropping out of virgin beech forest instead of water, the first time is the most wonderful.
We totally support you, diggin ya all the way. Good luck further!