A bang woke us up in the night – Jarek and I jumping out of our tents with the rifles ready. But it was just the fox who is frequently visiting the camp area, this time pulling one of the lower trip wires… Majek didn’t even hear the...
Another beautiful morning, sunshine and no wind. We made the Zodiac ready for a trip to Grimaldibukta, to look for more high grade metamorphic rocks of the Pinkie Formation. Our camp fox visited us again and was even less shy than before....
4 July 2012 Wow! After a really long flight with a re-fueling break in Tura (not too common for a plane!) we arrived in Khatanga. The time change of 6 hours left many pretty zoned, but we still unload all the gear, get it to the hotel, and grab...
19 July 2012 The weather is fine and our camp re-location is a ‘go’. It’s nice when the weather is good, because packing wet soggy tents, clothes, sleeping bags, etc., is NO FUN! After a few false starts, we manage to select solid ground for our...
You know you have to retire your boots when you get wet feet during the first day of rain. This will be hard, the boots were with me on Severnaya Zemlya, Novaya Zemlya, the New Siberian Islands, Svalbard… Well… Today we walked to the...
Vårt ”kontor” är nog ett av de finaste som finns. Vi sitter på isbrytaren Odens brygga, 6:e våningen, 30 m över havet, och vart vi än tittar ser vi bara packis, ibland med turkosfärgade smältvattenpölar. Helikoptern har varit på...
The barometer shows increasing air pressure, but outside it is still the same – relative air humidity must be at the condensation point. Everything is getting wet just by being exposed to the air. An hour of thinner clouds with some sun peeking...
The weather seemed to improve this morning, although the barometer now began to drop. Everything is ready for the move and we can break the camp any time the weather is suitable. But unfortunately, we have to wait for another day. Nothing new in...
We woke up in an absolutely calm morning. Still a lot of moisture and some fog in the air, but good weather conditions for the move to camp 2, at least to try to get the first equipment there. Loading the Zodiac. Photo: Henning Lorenz A short...
In one hour, the 11th of August 2012 at 15.30 hrs, my bonusdaughter Kristina gets married to her Richard in the church of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. Afterwards there will be a large party at Piperska Muren. When I talked to my husband Jorma late...
The week started as the last ended, with marvellous weather; blue skies with only a few cumulus clouds. Monday we took a 20 km reconnaissance trip upstream the Logata River from our base camp. Only 5 km away were some fantastic, steep and 20 m...
No wind, the clouds rising, we could almost see the sun. Thus, we began the day with successfully drying our equipment – from tents via sleeping bags to clothes – and went later for fieldwork along the southern shore of Selvågen, looking mainly...
Wet, wet, wet and no visibility. With topographic maps at 1:100000 scale, good visibility is a must for fieldwork. A short walk in the surroundings, then drying and waiting for a 30–40 hours time window of good weather for fieldwork. We plan to...
Yesterday we got up at 4 am, but getting us and the Zodiac ready took longer than expected. We left the camp at half past five, probably waking up the sailor who had anchored his mighty yacht in the deep water on the other side of Selvågen. The...
Efter några otroligt fina soldagar, så är det nu åter grådisigt och därmed utmärkt jobbväder. Forskningen går bra på alla fronter. I går gjordes två lyckade piston core-hämtningar. En hämtning gjordes på ca 2 800 m djup och resulterade i 6,4 m...
Den fotografiska expeditionen till Svalbard är nu genomförd och åter vid skrivbordet väntar över 3 000 bilder på att sorteras och bearbetas. Vi anlände Danskøya, Svalbard den 12 juli på eftermiddagen. Lite tidigare än beräknat. Under ilandsättning...
The weather wasn’t exciting this morning, but better than yesterday. We walked southwards towards Alasdairhornet where the rain caught us. The landscape was beautiful with the changes from rain clouds to sun spots and partly blue sky. The...
This morning we arrived at the Polish research station in Hornsund in beautiful and calm weather. A warm shower is nice after two and half weeks washing/bathing in glacial streams. 🙂 Yesterday we were occupied by sorting equipment and packing the...
The waves never stopped rolling in, so we had to stay put during Monday, the planned departure day back to Khatanga. Constant strong wind from the northwest during 4 days, and with no tendency to stop. So alternatives had to be planned; was there...
We spent most of yesterday with minimizing our personal equipment for the Zodiac trip to Sørkapp and using the internet connection at the Polish station for work and private things. Today we repacked food for five people for ten days (Kuba left us...
