Position: N 81° 02' W 093° 43'
Distance traveled: 23.3 km / 14.4 mi
Day 44 of the expedition

The first day of travel after leaving our re-supply camp, I was getting tired of staying [ Read more ]

Expedition Day: 43
Distance Travelled: 0 km rest day
Position: N 81° 01' W 095° 03'

We spent the morning resting and doing all of our personal things. Writing in diaries, reading, bathing and sleeping. In [ Read more ]

Expedition Day: 42
Distance traveled: rest day

Flying into Axel Heiberg to join the rest of the team, I could finally grasp the difficulties that they had been through over the last forty days. From the sky the ocean below looked [ Read more ]

Expedition Day 40
Position: N 80° 54' W 095° 24'
Distance traveled: 27.2 km / 16.9 mi

Exactly 110 years and 3 days ago on May 5th, part of Otto Sverdrup's team traveled up this coast mapping and surveilling. They reached the location were we are now camped, where they were forced [ Read more ]

Sarah's birthday!
Expedition Day 41
Position N 81° 01' W 095° 03'
Distance 13.7 km / 8.5 mi

"l am just going for a little ski trip with Skittish" (One of the dogs on Toby's team), Tobias said after he had eaten a quick bowl of oatmeal.

We found a perfect place [ Read more ]

Day 39
Distance travelled: 40 km / 25 mi
Position: N 80° 42' W 096° 01'

What an absolutely incredible day. Waking up this morning the sun was shining bright with not a breath of wind in the air. The huge mountains [ Read more ]

Day 38 of the expedition
Distance Traveled: 25.3 Km
Position: N 80° 24' W 096° 19'

Marvin is a dog, one of the ten on my team, and at first glance you would not think much of him. He is not the largest [ Read more ]

Day 37 of Expedition
Position N 80° 11' W 096° 39':

We are now making good progress up the coast of Axel Heiberg Island and we are very excited that this great challenge now seems doable. On [ Read more ]

Day 36
Position N 79° 58' W 096° 32'
Distance 25 km / 15.5 mi

The sleds are under a lot of pressure. When we are fully loaded they weigh around 750 to 800 lbs. We are running with sleds that are made for [ Read more ]

Expedition Day: 35
Position: N 79° 35' W 096° 37'
Distance traveled: 19.2 km / 11.9 mi

The south winds tend to bring warm overcast weather. The last couple of days the clouds have been obscuring our view of the beautiful coast of [ Read more ]

The first people to reach Ellesmere Island were the Palaeo-Inuit culture that spread across the Arctic from Alaska about 4000 years ago. These people were attracted to Ellesmere Island by animals such as musk ox and caribou, but they also practiced coastal sea-mammal hunting in Smith Sound. The [ Read more ]

Day 34
Position: N 79° 35' W 096° 32'
Distance: 20.6km

So, the days are flying by since we hit the halfway mark. It's strange to know that in a months time we'll all be back in the real world. I have to say [ Read more ]

Day 32
Position: N 79° 24' W 096° 26'
Distance Traveled: 20.6 Km

From the morning onwards a south wind blew with ever amounting force, drifting snow into large mounds that were difficult to negotiate with our sleds. Further more a haze blocked out [ Read more ]

Day 32
Position: N 79° 14' W 096° 08
Distance Travelled: 25km / 15mi
Estimated Temperature: -18° C / -1° F

This is day 8 without skis and we are continually on these long pans of old sea ice. It is hard work as we are [ Read more ]

Day 31
Position N 79° 01' w 096° 08'
Distanse 19.5 km / 12.1 mi

We had a nice traveling day today. Dogs and people are well rested after a day off.

We have not seen any tracks of wildlife in [ Read more ]

Expedition day: 30
Position: N 78° 50' W 096° 03'

Hey all, Sarah here.

A day away from the half way point. We took a rest day today as we thought the dogs needed a rest. We've been battling our way through this rough ice for weeks now and it takes it out of all [ Read more ]

Day 29
15.4 km / 9.5 mi
N 78° 50' W 096° 03'

Hey all.

Sitting here in my tent at the end of yet another tough but enjoyable day. We are nearing the halfway point and I can't believe it is going so quickly. We've all [ Read more ]

Distance traveled: 10.1 km / 6.2 mi
Position: N 78° 42' W 096° 09'
Day 28 of the expedition

Another difficult day of travel, despite the 7.2 km of flat travel that we got crossing the Ayles ice [ Read more ]

The Expedition Has Reached the Remains of the Ayles Iceshelf.
Position: N 78° 38' W 095° 44

Estimated Temperature: -27°C / -16°F
Distance Travelled: 10km / 6.2 mi

After 27 hard days through mostly rough ice conditions we finally made it [ Read more ]

Day 26
Position N 78° 35' W 095° 24'
Distance 8 km / 4 mi

Another day in the fun, rough ice. We had one of our most difficult working days today, and made a very short distance.
We push and drag [ Read more ]

Expedition day: 25
Position: N 78° 32' W 095° 09'
Distance traveled: 11.3 km / 7 mi

Today was by far one of our toughest days. Standing up on a huge chunk of ice, we could see ahead of us a [ Read more ]

Day 23
Distance: 12.9 km / 10 mi
Position: N 78° 26' W094° 51'

What a day! It was nice to get into camp tonight. We are all exhausted. We spent the day traveling along the east coast of Amund Ringnes island, making our [ Read more ]

Day 23 of expedition.
Distance traveled: 21.3 Km / 13.2 mi
Position. N 78° 20' W 094° 42'

Today was a short day but it would be difficult to convince my muscles of that. With fully loaded sleds it is difficult [ Read more ]

Day 22 of expedition.
Position. N 78° 10', W 094° 16'

Distance Travelled. 0km / 0 mi - Rest Day.

Who was the Ayles Iceshelf Named After?

Second rest day today and we are all busy doing repairs and resting sore muscles. [ Read more ]

Expedition day: 21
Position: N 78° 10' W 094° 15'

Distance traveled:0 km / 0 mi


It's amazing how good it feels to have a day off, a day to relax, repack, repair, sleep and eat. Sarah and [ Read more ]

Expedition day: 21
Position: N 78° 10' W 094° 15'

Distance traveled:0 km

Fri dag

Etter 20 dager paa isen foles det ut som en lang ferie aa ha en dag I teltet. Omtrent alle mann sov til klokka 12 [ Read more ]

Expedition day: 20
Position: N 78° 10' W 094° 15'

Distance traveled:10.7 km / 6.6 mi

It has now been 20 days since we left the community of Resolute, and today was our [ Read more ]

It's been a long day. Getting into my tent tonight was so nice. It's amazing. In regular circumstances, the tents we call our homes, would not be percieved as something to look forward too. They are not much longer than 7ft and [ Read more ]

Position: N 77° 54' W 93° 20'
Distance traveled: 15.3 km / 9.5 mi

Another long day in an ice maze, lucky our sleds are almost empty and we can still make worthwhile miles. Soon however we will get a [ Read more ]

Estimated Temperature -35 C / -31 F
Position, N 77° 47' W 093° 05'

We are now making our way up Norwegian Bay with our course set for the remains of Ayles Iceshelf. The sleds are light as we [ Read more ]

Temperatur -35 Celsius
Posisjon, N 77° 47' W 093° 05'

Axel Heiberg Oy I Sikte

Vi har naa jobbet oss godt opp I Norwegian Bay og har I dag sett Axel Heiberg Oy I horisonten med sine imponerende fjellpartier. Det var stort aa faa [ Read more ]

Day 16
Position: N 77° 33', W 093° 01'
Distance Travelled: 29 km / 17 mi

We have travelled for over two weeks already. It is amazing how time flies by out here on the ice. We are starting to have a [ Read more ]

Dag 16
Posisjon, N 77 33, W093 01
29 km

Tiden flyr her ute paa isen. Naa har vi vaert paa tur i over to uker. Vi begynner aa faa bra rutine paa dagen. Pakke ned camp, sele opp hunder, komme oss avgaarde, sette [ Read more ]

Expedition Day: 15
Distance traveled: 30 km / 19 mi
Position: N 77° 17' W 092° 57'

Awake at 6am, we reluctantly crawl out of our sleeping bag and [ Read more ]

N77° 01' W 93° 01'
20.6 km / 13 mi

So we just hit the two week mark. All is going good so far. There is a slight concern that with the rough sea ice slowing us up that we might not be [ Read more ]

Position: N 76,50 W 093,02
Distance traveled: 30.3 km / 19 mi

Norwegian Bay has been good to us for our first day, the ice conditions were slick and the weather stayed sunny with no wind. The dogs are also running hard given the [ Read more ]

Endelig er vi her, camped I norwegian bay. Vi har hatt en fin dag I dag med bra tempo. Vi er alle I godt hummor. litt I bakkant av hvor vi hadde haapet paa aa vaere, men haaper paa aa ta det igen etterhvert. [ Read more ]

Distanse Travelled, 17 miles, 26 kilometers.
Estimated Temperature, -25 celsius
Position, N 76 34 W 093 15

Good weather today as we travelled through Arthur Pass on Devon Island that connects us to Norwegian Bay. Tomorrow we hope to make a good distance [ Read more ]

Distanse Reist, 17 miles, 26 kilometer.
Estimated Temperature, -25 celsius
Posisjon, N 76 34 W 093 15.

Vi har entret Otto Sverdrups Rike!

Vi reiste I dag gjennom Arthur Pass som forte oss over Devon Island og ut til enden av Arthur Fiord [ Read more ]

Position N 76° 20' W 093° 35'
Distance 31km / 19 mi

Today has been one of the few days where it has been flat ice and pretty fast travel, sunshine with just a little wind. One of us is always skiing in [ Read more ]

Position: N 76,04 W 093,3
Distance traveled: 14.1 km / 8.6 mi

We presumed that we had made it through the worst of the rough ice yesterday, and set off [ Read more ]

So we re here, at the end of day nine. Weve got a long way to go but so far its moving fast. I'm sure the others have told you all the things that have happened in the last week. Travelling [ Read more ]

Position N 75 40.629
W 093 44.027
Distance travelled 19.1 km / 11.8 mi

Today was an interesting day spent moving in and out of treacherous ice. Occasionally we would hit a large pan of flat ice, usually criss-crossed with polar bear tracks, [ Read more ]

Posisjon N 75 30.401
W 093 40.616, Wellington Channel
Temperatur -33 celsius.

Vi er naa paa vei nordover mot Arthur pass paa Devon Island som vil ta oss inn I Norskebukten. De siste dagene har det gaatt meget tregt fordi isforholdene har [ Read more ]

Position N 75 30.401 W 093 40.616
Temperature -33°C / -36°F

Just after Sigrid finished her dispatch last night our campsite was again visited by polar bears. This time it was two bears. One huge mamma bear and her two year old [ Read more ]

Position: N 75,26.807 W 093,42.880
Distance traveled: 18 km

Naa stter jeg I teltet til eric og sam, er stappa mett etter en god middag. Gryte med mye smor, ost og bacon. Samtalen gaar I ett om isbjornen som for bare en time siden besokte oss [ Read more ]

Position: N 75,17.440
W 093,32.633
Distance traveled: 33.6 km / 20.5 mi

After being spoiled by awesome terrain the last couple days, we ran out of luck. Dead ahead, on the horizon, lay patches of rough ice. We managed to [ Read more ]

Position: N 75,26.807
W 093,42.880
Distance traveled: 18 km / 11 mi

We are just finishing a delicous dinner. Sarah and I got invited to Sam and Eric's tent for a get together dinner. The menu is stew with [ Read more ]

Day 4 of the expedition
Position: N 74,59.501 W 093,24.430
Wind: blowing snow, NNW
Distance traveled: 28.1 km/17 mi

Another great day on the ice, as we start to eat through our food and the dogs start to eat through theirs the sleds become [ Read more ]

White nose and frosty eyelashes
Position: N 74,37.864 W049,02.927
Wind: Light
Distance traveled: 20.5 km/13 mi

So we are here. At the end of our first full day. Wow it's great to be on the trail. Months of preparation and training. [ Read more ]

Position: Resolute Bay
Temperature: -32 Celsius.
Wind: 18 km, ESE
Distance traveled: 0 km

We arrived here in Resolute past midnight last night. The dogs did really well during the four hour flight but were very happy to get out of their kennels and back to [ Read more ]

The last few days have been pretty crazy. The expedition house has been full of boxes of food and expedition equipment has been bulging out of every corner. Its great to meet the team and they are all obviously very experienced and at times I have felt a [ Read more ]

With most of the team here finally, and the expedition coming up quickly, we have been working overtime trying to get everything ready. Food needs to be packed so that in two months when we pull it out of the box, we aren’t missing anything, and gear needs to be [ Read more ]