'Landet av Isbjørn' literally meaning 'the land of the ice bear' is the name often used for the islands of Svalbard

  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 water. Big Thanks.   we will be using – Kokatat Gore-tex Dry suits -Power dry fleece dry suit liners -Maxim

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 that informs, entertains and keeps people interested. I originally aimed for under 3 minutes, though with such a big

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 middle of the night, when we’ve spent hours talking over logistics, strategies and equipment for the journey