D1 – A wonderful first day – 2 March
[Norwegian] En fantastisk start på turen. Mer enn 100 familie og venner hadde møtt opp på Lysaker brygge for å ønske oss farvel! Med fanfare la vi avgårde sammen med…
Expedition has started – updated
Updated 2018-03-03T1614B with pictures and 2018-03-08 with video. Yesterday a lot of people appeared at the pier when Stein and Erling set off for the historical expedition.
Two days to go
Yesterday (27 Feb) we visited TELENOR main office at Fornebu and had a lesson in basic use of the maritime VHF radios provided to our expedition; the Standard Horizon HX…
Nine days to go
2nd March is closing in. Most details are now in place. Last week Steins VISA to the Russian federation come back from Mir Travel. In November last year we first…
Some more planning
It is only five weeks to go… Not stressed yet, but.. After several meetings we have a good feeling concerning the planning. Most of the kit are in place, we…
Expedition clothing
Today we were visiting Sjur Mørdre at Piteraq Tinder og Banditter. Piteraq is a company that continue into the Wilderness where Milslukern ends. Sjur is the Norwegian Agent for Mountain…
Testing the new boats
Finally, we were able to get on the water iot test our new boats, the P&H CETUS HV from P&H Sea kayaks. This a design I have used since 2010,…
Route challenges
When we started the planning phase we were well aware of the fact the Kola Peninsula and the White Sea was affected by a number of restrictions due to the…
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