Author: Arctic Hiking

The expedition participants woke up yesterday, May 3, with NW gale winds and -20°C. The skies were bright and beautiful weather. They put on their warmest clothes but soon had to take them off when the wind went down. The glacier’s surface was rough to begin with but got smoother later in the day, They skied 16 km in in

It was cold yesterday morning, -17°C and windy. At first the visibility was limited but after a while it cleard up. The glaciers surface is now rough with large sastrugies and heavy skiing conditions. In the afternoon they covered more ground and the day ended in 16 km in four active rounds of skiing. Relatively good achievemnet cosidering the cicumstances.

Saturday, April 30th was spent playing cards and getting extra sleep. The weather was as the forecast predicted, 15 m/s on average (measured with Lilja´s wind measurement tool), the temperature -18°C, and wild snowdrift. It was therefore extremely cozy to stay in the sleeping bag and listen to the wind howl outside. Yesterday morning (May 1st) the wind had turned

On Wednesday, April 27, they had snowfall and relatively poor visibility. During one of the pauses, a Rock Ptarmigan came walking in their path. It is likely that at least one of the participants got a watery mouth. They went 17.4 km in 6 active hours. People were warm and lightly clothed since the weather was very calm, with no

The expedition is still experiencing good weather conditions. Yesterday (27/04) they skied 18 km in 6 active hours in slow NW wind. The temperatures were between -11°C and -6°C. The slow wind speed and “warm temperatures” made them feel very hot. A lonely fulmar appeared from the sky watched them a then decided it was better to head back towards

Einar’s first crossing of the Greenland glacier was in 1996. With him in the expedition, which he lead, were Sabine Du Bourmont and Franco Copetti. Below is a video footage from from the expedition by Franco Copetti with his kind permission to publish. Myndband frá leiðangri yfir Grænlandsjökul 1996. Einar Torfi Finnsson leiddi leiðangurinn og með honum í för voru

Yesterday (April 25th) the Expedition moved 16 km (10 miles) on the glacier. The day started with sunny skies but around noon it started to snow. Suddenly four Snow Bunting flew by but disappeared quickly into the snowy landscape. They still had mountain view to the south but the mountains in the east have now disappeared. They were 5.5 hours

A helicopter took them from Tasiilaq on Saturday to the Hahn Glacier where they arranged their luggage before heading off. The weather was great – bright sunny skies. They skied 3.6 km in 1.5 hours. Yesterday (Sunday) they skied for 4.5. hours with 11.8 km behind them. The weather was still good but way too hot according to Einar the

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The group of six that are crossing the Greenland icecap left Iceland on Thursday. The plan was to take a helicopter from Kulusuk to Tasillaq the same day but weather conditions hampered the flight which was delayed until yesterday. In Tasiilaq the group found their supplies, which had been shipped there in the weeks before, in good order and began