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  • Elektriska husbilar

    Elektriska husbilar

    Att även husbilar kommer bli helt elektriska är väl ungefär lika oväntat som att det kommer måndagar var sjunde dag 🙂 Än så länge är utbudet snålt men nedan ett par filmer om en lite Plåtis från Winnebago som inte finns i Sverige ännu. Riktigt fräckt med helelektriskt. Man slipper fylla på gas, byta gasflaska…

  • Thu 20/07-2023 Day 837

    Thu 20/07-2023 Day 837

    Pos: 70.0744,-130.2353 Loc: Russell Inlet Acc: Hilleberg Keron 4 Dist: 30,2 km Start: 7:45 End: 16:10 We had a longer discussion last night about how to tackle things together. I need to cut down a little on my perfectionism to not overstress my paddling partner. But where is the limit of coaching a less experienced…

  • Tongait expedition complete!

    Tongait expedition complete!

    That’s a wrap! Glassy seas allowed us to glide past smooth rocky hills of the tundra/ forest transition zone for our last 22km. Spruce trees dotted sheltered valleys, a blanket of low shrubs shrouded gentle slopes and bold rockfaces dominated the horizon. I admired jfs reflection in the clear water as we hugged the coast…

  • Jobbpadling i Vestbygda (Øksnes)

    Jobbpadling i Vestbygda (Øksnes)

    Trening og jobb samtidig er en grei kombinasjon, spesielt i dette været. Som dere kanskje ser av bildet, skulle dette også bli en fantastisk naturopplevelse, for noen uker siden. Det startet faktisk allerede før jeg var kommet i kajakken. Jeg skulle ut til Skipnes på jobboppdrag, og satte derfor ut fra Sletten, som er det…

  • Wed 20/07-2023 Day 836

    Wed 20/07-2023 Day 836

    Pos: 70.1115,-130.7652 Loc: Seal Bay Acc: Hilleberg Keron 4 Dist: 32,1 km Start: 6:00 End: 17:55 We set the wake-up time half an hour later than yesterday at five. As Jimmy has no watch or clock with him, he asks me at two and four-thirty “What time is it?” If I would be answering, I…

  • INTEX CHALLENGER K1 OPINION

    INTEX CHALLENGER K1 OPINION

    Mi opinion del intex Challenger k1 el kayak más vendido pero más básico y simple

  • Amerikanska blåbär / Trädgårdsblåbär

    Amerikanska blåbär / Trädgårdsblåbär

    Trädgårdsblåbär som även kallas Amerikanska blåbär är vanliga i våra trädgårdar och börjar även komma mer och mer som självplock. Jämfört med vanliga vilda blåbär så växer trädgårdsblåbär på buskar istället för ris. Trädgårdsblåbär är bra mycket större än vilda blåbär. Storleken i kombination med höjden på buskarna gör de klart mer lättpackade. Vi har…

  • 4 seasons in one day

    4 seasons in one day

    The fog was so thick that we couldn’t see the beach from the cabin this morning. One shade of grey was all that greeted us through the window. As I lugged my second load of gear down to the shore, I was excited to see some recent fox prints running along the wet sand near…

  • Tue 18/07-2023 Day 835

    Tue 18/07-2023 Day 835

    Pos: 69.9720,-131.3003 Loc: McKinley Bay Acc: Hilleberg Keron 4 Dist: 49,3 km Start: 6:00 End: 17:55 I wake several times at night, but when Jimmy also woke at four thirty, we get up. We slept enough on the rest day. The wind has calmed down over night, and the red sunball sits burning red on…

  • Mon 17/04-2023 Day 835

    Mon 17/04-2023 Day 835

    Pos: 69.7216,-132.1058 Loc: Hutchinson Bay Acc: Hilleber Keron 4 Dist: 0 km When we landed yesterday after our last five-kilometer crossing, the headwind was already twenty knots, and paddling further along the coast felt not friendly anymore. Twenty knots in the face after a full day of around fifteen knots of headwinds is over my…

  • FUN RUN SEDNA

    FUN RUN SEDNA

    Rápido test a un Fun Run Sedna un kayak de mar composite de los más equilibrados que existen en el mercado leer más

  • LOS 5 PEORES ERRORES DE PRINCIPIANTES DE KAYAK

    LOS 5 PEORES ERRORES DE PRINCIPIANTES DE KAYAK

    5 errores que no debes cometer por tu seguridad y para disfrutar de este deporte tan chulo que es el kayak leer más

  • closing in

    closing in

    Last night as a minke whale cruised around the May in front of us, Larry said he’d been communicating with his wife about flights home. There’s not many flights from main to Goose bay or from goose bay onwards so we had to make a decision about when we want to fly home. We measured…

  • A Special Siskiwit LV Built

    A Special Siskiwit LV Built

    Back 2020, Jan picked up a Siskiwit LV Sea Kayak Drawing and decided to build a modified sea kayak from the drawings. He recently wrote about what he did and how it turned out: “At the beginning of the pandemic I bought the plan from you. Although you did not recommend modifying the sizes, I…

  • Sun 16/04-2023 Day 834

    Sun 16/04-2023 Day 834

    Pos: 69.7216,-132.1058 Loc: Hutchinson Bay Acc: Hilleber Keron 4 Dist: 36,5 km Start: 7:45 End: 17:00 Our first night in the tent is calm, though it rains during the night. Due to some technical problems, I have not received the forecast, but remember from the long-term-forecast in Vancouver, it will be moerate headwind today, and…

  • smoke and mirrors

    smoke and mirrors

    We paddled in a bubble today, about 2km around in all directions. Everything beyond that was hidden by smoke. The sun peeked through as a tiny orange circle, benign to look at. A few times it was overlaid by wispy black smoke giving the impression of craters, like on the moon. We glided out of…

  • Sat 15/07/2023 Day 833

    Sat 15/07/2023 Day 833

    Pos: 14.0200,-83.3848 Loc: behind Toker Point Acc: Hilleberg Keron 4 Dist: 29,9 km Start: 11:25 End: 17:45 Friday, July 14th, 2023 We have a calm flight from Yellowknife to Inuvik. I already tried in Yellowknife and later in Inuvik to ask around to find someone who proceeds to Tuktoyaktuk, but no luck. So we call…

  • trees!

    trees!

    It felt like we paddled into a different landscape today. As we headed south, Jf excitedly shouted “trees” and pointed at a few pockets of stunted conifers in a nearby valley. As we turned into the narrow confines of Moores island tickle, gentle slopes and a flat plateau were covered in lush green grass and…

  • THE DUBCAST WITH DUBSIDE: Episode #44: “Inuit People Can’t Swim” and Other Myths Debunked

    THE DUBCAST WITH DUBSIDE: Episode #44: “Inuit People Can’t Swim” and Other Myths Debunked

    IN THIS EPISODE: Debunking myths and stereotypes about Inuit people. Are there really “50 words for snow” in the arctic? The music of Uummat (“Heart”)

  • two bears

    two bears

    “Careful Frank there’s a second bear”. JF sounded urgent. “he’s right by the shore”. The small skinny polar bear just emerged from behind a rock 50 m away from Frank. We were all on the water, watching a much larger male stride along a low brow. The large bear had been lounging on a grassy…

  • The trip starts!

    The trip starts!

    B ack to the Northern end of my trip! Jimmy Harvey, my new paddling partner, meets me in Vancouver to sort our gear. We plan to paddle to Cambridge Bay from Tuktoyaktuk, where I stopped last year with David. As food shopping in the two Arctic villages we pass, Paulaktuk and Kugluktuk, is limited and…

  • wind tumnels of arizona

    wind tumnels of arizona

    Today was our windiest day. I held my paddle up in the air and was blown the first few hundred meters. The following wind turned into a side wind as we rounded the corner and started a 6 km crossing to Soapstone island. I had warning of the stronger gusts as darker patches of sea…

  • Live From The Field

    Last test 13.07.2023

  • warm welcome and transitions

    warm welcome and transitions

    It seems like we’ve gone through a lot of transitions the last few days. It’s hot! At least by arctic standards. No more hot water bottles during night watches and I was overheating paddling yesterday in my thinnest thermals. It really feels like a different climate. It’s pleasant, except for one thing … Of course…