Month: May 2022

Our heros Einar Tofi Finnsson, Ágúst Jóel Magnússon,, Elísabet Sólbergsdóttir, Jón Viðar Baldursson, Lilja Stefánsdóttir and Ólafur Darri Andrason have completed their expedition over the Greenland lacier. The last 19 km took their time because the glacier is extremely rugged in this area and feels like a maze. It was really hard work to get through this said Einar, the

May 19th was a milestone in the expedition. For the first time since April 25, a mountain view appeared. At first, they were just a dot on the horizon but at the end of the day, they were unbelievably close. A campsite at 1,300 meters was chosen with a mountain view after 35 km of skiing and the mood was

The descent down the glacier is working with the expedition because they covered 38 km yesterday and set up their camp at 1,450 meters. The glacier’s surface is now in waves where they glide down but have to struggle to get up the next one. But fortunately, there is a net gain in the descent. The weather has been good

The expedition is now picking up speed with steeper descent down the west side of the ice cap. Yesterday they covered 36 km in good weather conditions. It was the first day at camp where there was no wind and they walked around in their shirts since it was “too hot”. They were at 1,600 meters and planned to do

May 16 offered nice weather and the expedition covered 32 km in seven hours. They encountered more icecap “traffic” because they met two other groups and saw three others without meeting them. This day was also a turning point because now their heading is now more towards NW but also because the DYE2 station was on their way. The station

It can be a lot of work to wake up and dig out your tent is covered with snow during the night. This was the case on May 11. They woke up early and managed to ski almost 30 km in four 2 hour rounds. At the camp, they made a shelter because one more storm day was expected. People

Each day we receive a message from the group via inReach technology and we also provide them with the latest weather forecast and maybe short news from home. On May 9 they noted that the uphill battle is over and it’s downhill from now on. They covered 22.7 km in seven active hours and skied in four 1-hour 45 min

July 8 brought 21.4 km with good skiing conditions and the warmest weather in many days. -15°C in the morning and -9°C in the evening. They met the other Icelandic group crossing the icecap from west to east at around 10 am. There was a celebratory mood with laughter and fun. Icelandic and Greenlandic flags were waved and our group

It was a cold morning on May 6 with temperatures close to -30°C. The weather was calm and the temperature went up to “comfortable” -14°C during the day. Skiing conditions were still unfavorable and Einar got tired of keeping the skins still under his skis. He decided to cut them on the long side which made skiing much better. They

Yesterday morning (May 5) our friends crossing the Greenland glacier had strong winds and serious snowdrift. Therefore they decided it would be better to rest rather than spend energy fighting the storm. They estimate that they have 3 more days to go before they get to the top of the glacier at 2,400 meters. When the top of the ice