Author: Tobias Thorleifsson
Nearing the end of the crossing
Day 15 of the expeditionDistance traveled: 58 km / 36 miPosition: N 66,50 W 047,17Elevation: 1774...
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We want wind!
Day 9 of the expeditionDistance traveled: 0kmPosition: N 66,08.278 W 040,38.339Elevation: 1,873 m...
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Ready to start the Crossing
Day 4 of the expeditionDistance traveled: 0kmPosition: N 65,48.783 W 038,38.025 - Basecamp Eastcoa...
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Muskox Land
Day 60 of Expedition
Position: Wolfcamp Slidre Fiord, Ellesmere Island, N 79° 56' W 085° 23'
We ar...
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Close Encounter With Muskox Bull
Day 54 of ExpeditionDistansce: 18 km / 11 miPosition: N 79° 55' W 089° 12'
We have now made camp fr...
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Norwegian Constitution Day - May 17th
Day 48 of ExpeditionPosition: N 80° 35' W 89° 54'
Just north of white mountain, Axel Heiberg Island...
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Towards Nansen Sound
Day 45
Position: N 81° 03' W 092° 35'
We are now in the progress of crossing the Northern tip of Ax...
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Otto Sverdrup, 1898-1902
Otto Sverdrup was one of the three great Norwegian polar explorers next to Fridtjof Nansen and Roal...
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The Sverdrup Expeditions Lost Cairn on Axel Heiberg Island
Day 37
Position: N 80° 11' W 096° 39'
Estimated Temperature: -20 °C / -4 °F
Mouth of Li Fiord
Ju...
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The First Explorers of the High Arctic
The first people to reach Ellesmere Island were the Palaeo-Inuit culture that spread across the Arc...
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Battling Along the West Coast of Axel Heiberg Island.
Day 32
Position: N 79° 14' W 096° 08
Distance Traveled: 25 km / 15 mi
Estimated Temperature: -18 °C ...
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Ayles Ice Shelf
Day 27
Position: N 78° 38' W 095° 44
Estimated Temperature: -27 °C / -16 °F
Distance Traveled: 10 km...
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Adam Ayles
Position: N 78° 10', W 094° 16'
Distance Traveled: 0 km/ 0 mi
Who was the Ayles Ice Shelf Named Aft...
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First Sighting of Axel Heiberg Island
Position: N 77° 47', W 093° 05'
Estimated Temperature: -35 °C / -31 °F
We are now making our way ...
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Norwegian Bay
Distance Traveled: 17 mi/ 26 kmTemperature, -13 °F/ -25 °CPosition: N 76, 34, W 093, 15
Good weathe...
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Wellington Channel (Norwegian)
Posisjon: N 75 30.401, W 093 40.616. Wellington Channel Temperatur: -33 °CVi er naa paa vei nordov...
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Polar Bear Land
Position: N 75 30.401, W 093 40.616
Temperature: -33 °C/ -36°F
Just after Sigrid finished her dispa...
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Preparing for the Race...
Iqaluit, NunavutI have now been in Iqaluit for about a month with Sarah and Eric to train the dogs ...
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