News

This section is featuring the latest news regarding adventure in the polar regions and from the expeditions we are following closely.

Journey’s end

Published on 06.07.2009 - Kite Greenland 2009

Having arrived at the village of Upernavik, the two Norwegians called in a helicopter to fly them back to the coast.
Through the Bering Straits and across the Arctic Circle

Published on 06.07.2009 - Arctic Calling

The French sloop Baloum Gwen continues to sail gently eastwards and the expedition has just entered the famous Northwest Passage.
Waiting for the wind

Published on 29.06.2009 - Emirates NBD Greenland Quest

The trio reckon they still have about thirty days of adventure ahead of them before they reach Qaanaaq. But the wind may decide otherwise. Over the past week, for example, the three men have had to endure five days without so much as a breath of wind to carry them along.
Finally off and drifting…

Published on 29.06.2009 - General Info

The trio has at last managed to locate an ice floe suitable for the purposes of their adventure.
Stopover in Nome

Published on 29.06.2009 - Arctic Calling

The Baloum Gwen has called into Nomé on the north-western coast of Alaska before continuing its adventure.
518 km in one day !

Published on 29.06.2009 - Kite Greenland 2009

Because this expedition has stopped sending back any dispatches in English and is only publishing its updates in Norwegian, we will be restricting ourselves from now on to the bare facts and figures about the progress of their adventure. Sorry about that.
Things are not exactly going to plan…

Published on 21.06.2009 - General Info

In the beginning, the three thrill-seekers thought it would be easy to find a decent piece of sea-ice to drift about on. But thing haven't gone to plan.
Minimum reports

Published on 21.06.2009 - Kite Greenland 2009

Because this expedition has stopped sending back any dispatches in English and is only publishing its updates in Norwegian, we will be restricting ourselves from now on to the bare facts and figures about the progress of their adventure. Sorry about that.
In the Bering Sea

Published on 21.06.2009 - Arctic Calling

The Baloum Gwen is still sailing across the Bering Straits. The sea is rough, but everyone takes his watch as planned and Thierry Fabing's yacht is well on its way towards the town of Nome in Alaska.
Conquering the Wild West

Published on 19.06.2009 - Emirates NBD Greenland Quest

The trio has reached the imaginary line that divides Greenland into two areas of more or less identical length. But this does not mean that the men are at the halfway point of their trek.