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The Russian – Scandinavian            Kayak Expedition 2018 -2022

The Russian – Scandinavian Kayak Expedition 2018 -2022

Circumnavigating Western Russia and Scandinavia by kayak

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Author: evaag59

Posted on July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Last paddling day Friday 22 July. Grangrunden to Russalo Spa hotel

Same procedure and on the water at 0910. We were following the main ship lane and the only thing to worry about was to stay out of the way, so…

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Posted on July 22, 2022July 22, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Day 12 Thursday 21 July. Tärnøren to Grangrunden.

Another morning with standard drill and a ca 0900 start. Tail winds and following seas just as forecast. As described in yesterday’s short update we went straight for unassuming “Lilla…

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Posted on July 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Short update: Connecting the tracks. Thursday 21 July

All went to plan and at 1100 hours we arrived at Lilla Högen. A lousy campsite according to Mikko, only ignorant Norwegians would choose such a spot.:-) And so be…

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Posted on July 21, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Day 11 Wednesday 20 July. Backören to Tärnören.

Backören was a super duper campsite, but come morning we have to move on. We are getting into the routine now. Up around 0700, leisurely breakfast, take down the camp…

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Posted on July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Tuesday 19th of July. Örskär to Backören

Today was the day for the last open crossing. Kvigharu fjorden. We got off just before 0900 and had perfect conditions for the crossing. We paddled for a couple of…

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Posted on July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Day 9 Monday 18th July. Sandvik Gjesthamn to Örskär

We were up at 0630 aiming for a good breakfast and a 0900 start. After three wether bound days entropy increases and packing takes a bit longer than normal. We…

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Posted on July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Day 8 Sunday 17 July. Still weatherbound

Forecast for most of today was the same as Friday and Saturday: 10 m/s northeasterlies. A weather window was forecast to start late afternoon early evening and continue through Monday.…

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Posted on July 17, 2022July 17, 2022

Sweden to Finland second attempt. Day 7, 16th of July. Tour de Kökar #2

We are still at Sandvik Gästhamn and Camping. Weather was not cooperating and the wind was blowing at 10 m/s for a second day. Mikko lifted the spirits with a…

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