Update of the pack-ice

Winter is coming, as well the pack-ice...

 

Tomorrow my parents and I will board the ship and head on a 14 day adventure ;0)

Vacation!!!

Today is my last day of work!
Tomorrow I will start my vacation. The first 14 days I will spend as a guide and lecturer onboard the MV Fram, a Norwegian cruise ship.
The journey starts in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. After a two days in this area we will head over to the NE coast of Greenland where we will do landings and look at the beautiful scenery. This is my back-yard, after living here as a little kid and being in the Sirius patrol for 3 1/2 years.
I have also been soo lucky that there was space onboard for my parents :D
Anna will be flying to Iceland to spend one month with her family.

I will try to update my blog during the trip if the internet conection is up and running ;0)

Satellite image

This satellite image was taken today. The area is Dove Bugt and Danmarkshavn. In 14 days I will hopefully be able to sail in these fjords on the cruise I am guiding to NE-Greenland...

This is the Daneborg area, HQ of the Sirius sled patrol, no ice...

Finally this is the Southern part of the National park and Mestersvig, no ice...

articles from NE-Greenland

This summer the Danish navy has been roaming the coast-line of NE-Greenland with their vessel, visiting several historical places :D

Unfortunately the articles are all in Danish...

http://forsvaret.dk/GLK/Nyt%20og%20Presse/Pages/180812ejmi1.aspx

http://forsvaret.dk/GLK/Nyt%20og%20Presse/Pages/180812ejmi2.aspx

http://forsvaret.dk/GLK/Nyt%20og%20Presse/Pages/180812ejmi-3.aspx

http://forsvaret.dk/GLK/Nyt%20og%20Presse/Pages/180812ejmi4.aspx

departure getting closer...

The time of my departure to NE-Greenland is getting closer. On September 6th I will be boarding the expedition vessel MV Fram, which is a cruise-ship belonging to Hurtigruten. I will be on board the vessel for 14 days as a guide, lecturer and a local-man.
The planned route is starting in Longyearbyen, Svalbard and will follow the ice-edge of the pack-ice to Danmarkshavn in NE-Greenland along the coast to Sirius, Daneborg down to Sirius, Ella Ø, Mestersvig, Scoresbysund and fianlly to Isafjørdur, Iceland and the trip ends in Reykjavik, Iceland.

This is a trip I very much look forward too, as I love the ship and the crew and this area of Greenland will always be in my heart as I have spent a very long time there as a child and later on with the Sirius, sledge patrol...

Updates will follow during the trip (if the internet connection works ;0))

The voyage

SH1, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLCEeSgdoKA&feature=related

Dog sledge team 1 leaving Danmarkshavn weather station in 2011

Sirius in the old days

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf4ZQNmC5Zc

this film clip is from the sirius patrol in the old days. it is an english version and is filmed in locations around Ella Ö