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

Here is a quick update on the first stage of our circumnavigation of Nordaustlandet. We have been busy pushing out some big days hence the lack of blog updates. More coming soon.. I promise! Spitsbergen to Nordaustlandet On the 21st of July we crossed back south over the 80th parallel and collected the remainder of our food which we had stashed while we relocated our food drop down Hinlopen Strait

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 ou

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 ou