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Being back home.
Since I came back home it has been busy time meeting family,
friends, good helpers, media and sponsors. It has been an excellent
time, but has got some challenges with too much people at the same
time. Strange…or maybe not! After four and half months isolation, it
has been hard to get used to crowds and maybe the worst, start
working in the office again. “An other day at the office” has been a
saying during the expedition, but now it has a new meaning.
My home village, Surnadal, made a great celebration or a welcome
home party when I came back, which was really nice. About 1000
school children and 600 more was given briefings about the
expedition at the House of Culture in Surnadal. An expedition
exhibition was mounted both from last year recreation of Amundsen
South Pole expedition (Thanks to KEO Films and Fram Museum who lent
it out) and from The Longest March. Some of the pupils had made
exhibits concerning The Longest March, which was lovely to see.
HQ Norwegian Forces, Fleet Planning Staff and some other units has
got briefings from the expedition and my experiences. But the
lecture is not yet ready. I will be giving 20 lectures to different
military HQ and units in Norway during the next 10 months, which I’m
looking forward to. Again, the Norwegian Navy has been a very good
supporter to my expeditions, and I’m proud and honoured that they
have been supporting the three big once, with Greenland lengthways
in 96, Arctic Ocean 2000 and now Antarctica.
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Runes tent |
Expedition briefing |
Students at Runes old school |
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Adare Area |
Reunion |
Pick up |
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Back in office
It’s weeks since I arrived Norway, but this time it has
taken quite a long time to get back mentally. Physically I
was very well when reaching Terra Nova, but it does
something with you, being alone for months.
Meeting Aina after 4 ½ months at Terra Nova was something
very very special, and it is not possible to explain. But it
was wonderful to see her, and feel her again. One of the
most special moment in life. The pick up was quick and after
boarding the Spirit of Enderby they set course for
Inexpressible Island / Hells Gate and further towards
McMurdo. Reaching the Ross Island we experienced the iceberg
C-16 that is 26 x 10 Nautical miles in size. Used some hours
to get around this to visit Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans and Shackleton’s hut at Cape Bird. Standing there with respect,
thinking of how it was in early days, remembering how they
struggled and the men who died.
The aim for the voyage was to reach McMurdo, but with this
years sea ice, it was not possible. Even US. Icebreaker and
supply ships have had big problems this season. But, it was
not so important for me, and instead we were lucky watch
lots of seabirds and about 40 emperor penguins along the ice
edge of McMurdo sound. On the way back to New Zealand we
where lucky to visit Cape Adare, where Borchgrevink’s Hut
is, the oldest in Antarctica, built during the first
expedition to winter over on the Antarctic continent in
1899. The biggest penguin colony is there, and during the
season 180000 penguin couples are breeding there. Also
visited the Campel Island and where looking at the Royal
Albatross, about 6000 breeding couples. 11th of March we
came to New Zealand and stayed there for one day before
heading home to Norway. Good to be back, but also very nice
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Scotts Place |
Emperor Penguins |
Blubber |
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Previous day reports |
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Lat. |
Long. |
Distance |
Temp |
Message |
| 93 |
74.42S |
164.06E |
3 Km |
- 2 C |
SUCCESS! |
| 92 |
74.43S |
163.59E |
12 Km |
- 6 C |
All OK, on move |
| 91 |
74.37S |
163.59E |
12 Km |
- 6 C |
All OK, on move |
| 90 |
74.36S |
163.39E |
25 Km |
- 10 C |
All OK, on move |
| 89 |
74.25S |
163.24E |
10 Km |
- 12 C |
All OK, on move |
| 88 |
74.20S |
163.20E |
8 Km |
- 16 C |
All OK, on move |
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SEAL-
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