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      Finally Jaime has edited a teaser for our upcoming documentary that will be released in the later part of 2017. Enjoy and check back here for more details on the full release. Paddling The Cold Edge Trailer, a World First Journey in a Land of Ice and Bears : Svalb

From the southern end of Edge Oya, we swung our bows west towards our last major challenge, the distant outline of Spitsbergen, 70 kilometers away.  Strangely, like all our open crossings, the weather shifted to calm and we crossed un hindered. Throughout the day the sun slowly droppe

  After reaching our food depot again our trip was really only half over, we still had a Potential months’ worth of paddling left to cover about 1000kms, and time was running out, by September the fall storms would return and even worse, the midnight sun would start dropping belo

On the 19th of May, in the dark of an arctic spring night, MS  Malmö came into port in Molde Norway on its way from Gotenburg Sweden to Svalbard. In its hold where our 3 kayaks (Zegul Arrow Empowers), safely stowed, that had been transported all the way from Sweden (thanks to Zegul Ka

  WE ARE ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR SVALBARD! Our Fundraiser hit its target of $20,000NZD yesterday, we are blown away by the support. A huge “THANKS” to the 79 pledges from around the world that made it possible! Marco Venturini Debby Schweitzer Ben Clancy Lou, Sarah, Oliver

 Vertical Playground Norway has come on board as Main Sponsor for helping us fill the gaps in our kayak accessories and general outdoor equipment. VPG is a known Norwegian company, with focus on river kayaking, rock climbing, downhill biking and randonee skiing. Their high-end equipme

Yesterday with strong north west winds forecast, I figured that it would be a good day for a downwind run on the lake, an opportunity to clock some km’s moving a little faster than my usual guiding pace, and to work on my paddle fitness. I loaded Slo onto my car and headed 30km up the

A few months ago I received an email out of the blue from Nic Mead of Auckland Sea Kayaks. He’d heard about our Svalbard mission and was keen to help, offering to put on a fundraising paddle in which he would donate the profits of the trip to our cause. Nic spent six years living and

For my birthday I was happy to receive a big box of 5:10 canyoneer 3 shoes. We are super stoked to have 5:10 come on board as a supporting sponsor supplying their amazing water shoes.   The Canyoneer 3, with its Stealth S1 soles, reflects more than 15 years of R&D in some of

  Less than two months to go until the team stands on the remote shores of the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway. Our preparations are coming together, we have received immense support from people and sponsors, and now we can all feel like this is really happening. Yesterday I recei