day 1 towards the top of the world…
We finally found our seats in the Antonov after a long delay in Longyearbyen. The landing on ice was the smoothest ever. We spent just a few hours at Barneo before we loaded the MI8 heli and headed out...
View Articlecurrent position 89ºN 132ºE
Current position. everything OK Lat 89.210347 Lon 132.370706 Bengt and team.
View Articlein the ice
Today (Thursday 14th) we started at 09:00 and were in camp at 18:00. A long and hard day. Lots of snow on the ice, and a lot of rubble. Not extreme, but it’s there all the time… We are drifting a bit...
View Article89N,133E
Current position. everything OK. Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Lat 89.361988 Lon 133.855233
View ArticleLife is good at the top of the world
Beautiful day, sunny but cold. Also today heavy walking, but nothing so bad that we have to turn back. The drift has changed direction and has almost stopped up. We did 14k’s and put camp 72km from...
View ArticleAnother sunny day !!!
Sunday 17th April, 07:00am Current position. Everything OK Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Lat 89.539529 Lon 136.411014: “Yesterday was another sunny day! Just slightly some wind, and it was in our...
View Article“It’s a hard life…but a good one”
Current position. Everything OK Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Lat 89.710032 Lon 139.868402 Another sunny day in Paradise. Day 5, Sunday, was a copy of Saturday…. The expedition’s name is: “It’s a...
View Articleamazing day
Current position. everything OK Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Lat 89.886457 Lon 141.141508 Today has been an amazing day! Sunny, a bit wind from the back, warmer aprox 25 under. We met an open...
View Articleat the pole
We just received a message from Bengt: “At the Pole 07:00 today, long night Bengt” They are scheduled to be picked up at 13:00 and heli flight to Barneo. No news yet on scheduled flight to...
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