Eastern is high season for the outdoors in the whole of Scandinavia, but unfortunately also high season for SAR (search and rescue) operations. On Easter Sunday, again an emergency beacon has been activated in Spitsbergen. A group of 16 skiers, including 3 guides, is currently stuck in a storm on Akademikarbreen, in central parts of eastern Spitsbergen, between Newtontoppen and Storfjord. With a satellite phone they informed the Sysselmannen that 2 tents are already destroyed in the storm.
Next to the SAR helicopters, which are currently on the way, the SAR forces are preparing a snow mobile expedition, as it is uncertain whether the helicopters can land in the prevailing bad weather.
Currently, there is no further information about the situation of the group available.
Akademikarbreen in strong winds. Currently, 16 skiers are stuck there in a storm, waiting for rescue forces.
By the way, my new book is in print and it can now be ordered 🙂 it is a photo book with the title “Norwegens arktischer Norden (3): Die Bäreninsel und Jan Mayen”, with German text Click here for further details!
This and other publishing products of the Spitsbergen publishing house in the Spitsbergen-Shop.
Norwegens arktischer Norden (1): Spitzbergen
Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German. [shop url="https://shop.spitzbergen.de/en/polar-books/70-norwegens-arktischer-norden-1-aerial-arctic-9783937903262.html"] ← Back
Lofoten, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen from the air - Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German, but there is very little text, so I am sure that you will enjoy it regardless which languages you read (or not).
The companion book for the Svalbardhytter poster. The poster visualises the diversity of Spitsbergen‘s huts and their stories in a range of Arctic landscapes. The book tells the stories of the huts in three languages.
Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
Join an exciting journey with dog, skis and tent through the wintery wastes of East Greenland! We were five guys and a dog when we started in Ittoqqortoormiit, the northernmost one of two settlements on Greenland’s east coast.
12 postcards which come in a beautifully designed tray. Beautiful images from South Georgia across Antarctica from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea and up to Macquarie Island and Campbell Island.