28.mars legger fire eventyrere ut på ekspedisjon. Ekspedisjonsruta går over Ellesmereøya, ett av de mest karismatiske og dyrerike områdene i Arktis. De skal blant annet bruke skiseil og gå på ski for å ta seg fram, og ligger nå i hardtrening. Derfor må du ikke bli forundret om du møter Tobias som trekker dekk gjennom Frognerparken i ukene framover.
Outdoor Retailer invitation to come by the BERGANS OF NORWAY booth. John signed copies of his North Pole book. Gear from the North Pole expedition was on display. Samples of some Scandinavian treats were available, and a chance to get a Birkebeiner tattoo!
Otto Sverdrup embodies the cultural ethos of what it means to be Norwegian as no other explorer. Due to a lack of unnecessary drama and his quiet nature, Sverdrup’s astounding polar achievements and peerless feats of leadership remain unheralded.… Uqalimakkanirit
Since Otto Sverdrup’s discovery of western Ellesmere Island and the Sverdrup Islands some 110 years ago this region has by in large remained the great wilderness that the original explorers experienced.
In March 2013 American John Huston, Norwegian Tobias Thorleifsson, Canadian Hugh Dale-Harris, and South African Kyle O’Donoghue, an expedition videographer, will traverse 630 miles on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic. Powered by wind, muscle, and four canine skijoring companions the expedition will travel through one of the last untouched wildernesses on the planet.
In March 2013 American John Huston, Norwegian Tobias Thorleifsson, Canadian Hugh Dale-Harris, and South African Kyle O’Donoghue, an expedition videographer, will traverse 630 miles on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic. Powered by wind, muscle, and four canine skijoring companions the expedition will travel through one of the last untouched wildernesses on the planet.
