Predicted & Unforeseen Adventures

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Antarctic Peninsula, End of March 2020

After almost two months, mainly spent around the Antarctic Peninsula, it is time to say good bye to this remote wonderland for this season.

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As always, it has been a pure pleasure to share so many beautiful moments in nature with likeminded people. New for this season, is that I have been part of the colourful kayak team which has been awesome.

Kayaking is indeed one of the best and peaceful ways to experience and explore the Antarctic beauty!

Due to the awkward situation we all currently experience in the world, we unfortunately had to cut short on this last Antarctic trip. This in hope to get all guests and staff back home before South America closes their borders. This seems to be easier said than done though.

Meanwhile different solutions of getting us back home as soon as possible are investigated, we thrive on the many wonderful memories we have got from our recent time in Antarctica. How amazing life is with its many, both predicted and unforeseen, adventures!

To all of you during this current unpredictable time, stay safe and keep the good spirits up! Remember that everyday needs its portion of craziness and smiles. Below a couple of pics of some of the several polar plunges I so much have been enjoying these past couple of months ;-)

Antarctic Peninsula

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Antarctic Peninsula, February-March 2020

A brief update from the southern hemisphere, where the past 6 weeks have been spent around the beautiful and remote Antarctic Peninsula.

Together with the most wonderful expedition team, I am here guiding for Aurora Expeditions. We truly have had an amazing time these past weeks with curious wildlife encounters in scenic surroundings.

Each minute spent here is a pure privilege!

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Now a short changeover in Ushuaia before we head out at sea again for a last visit to the Antarctic for this season. Time to sign off from this short internet visit for another 3 weeks at sea!

Dancing On Water - Powered By Wind

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Noumea, New Caledonia, End of January 2020

Our time in New Caledonia has this time mainly been spent on investigating the potential of developing new projects and expeditions in the area. First later in the game, we get to unpack boards and kites in hope to finally enjoy the constant south-east wind for a bit.

Equipped with bikes and Christian´s homemade board bracket we so bike our way to the kite spot.

I realise that it again is over a year ago since last time I went kitesurfing. However, back on the water it almost feels like it would have been yesterday and the warm, steady trade wind provides a friendly `welcome back to the activity´ ambience.

It certainly feels wonderful to be dancing with water and wind again!

While kitesurfing we often see plenty marine life among the waves. Turtles and flying fish are what we have seen in bigger numbers the recent days, but also sea snakes and dolphins.

Powered by wind, I keep feeling a constant curiosity of what there is beneath the board. Mask and snorkel is the only thing needed to find the answer, which often is both wild and beautiful.

Life has its many surprises rolling in one after the other like a little train filled with wondrous events. This makes for a sudden changeover to continue the southern hemisphere's summer at "slightly" colder latitudes. The hunt for the perfect coconut to be continued... 😉 

New Year In New Caledonia

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New Caledonia, South Pacific, January 2020

As 2019 ends, 2020 starts in New Caledonia. This rather big South Pacific island is known for its palm-lined beaches and marine-life-rich lagoon, a fascinating place to explore both above and beneath surface. We have been to this French territory several times before and now it have been calling us back again...

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New year means new adventures and here new projects are created. 2020 already promises plenty of ventures and even more are in the making... It surely will be interesting to see what this year brings!

Greetings From New Caledonia

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To you all my friends...

Like last year, the years before that, yesterday, tomorrow and all the days to follow...

Merry Everything & Happy Always!! 

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Winter Whale Season 2019

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Tromsø, Northern Norway, beginning of December 2019

5 weeks of winter whale guiding for Waterproof Expeditions have found an end. My biggest thank you to my co-guides and crew onboard  M/S Malmö and M/S Freya for great cooperation and awesome teamwork. My never-ending smiles are because of you guys!

Thanks so much also to our wonderful guests, it truly has been a pleasure to meet you all, and I hope for more adventures together somewhere on this amazing blue planet! 🌍 🐳 💦

Not the least, my gratefulness goes to the Orcas and Humpback whales for showing up in the fjords of Northern Norway again this season! Such wonderful 5 trips with daily cetacean sightings we have had.

Below 5 min with impressions recorded by the team members who joined us onboard M/S Malmö on our 3rd winter whale trip of the season. Thanks so much Sebastian for your superb editing!

Time to leave the beautiful winter fjords of Northern Norway for more distant southbound travels. I am happy for the long nights now prevailing above the Arctic Circle as this provides several weeks of pure peace and quiet for the amazing wildlife roaming this place. 🐳 💙 🐬

Guiding Winter Whale Trips for WPX

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Tromsø, Northern Norway, November 2019

Surrounded by the pure beauty of snow covered mountains and deep fjords filled with exciting aquatic life, I'm back to the fjords of Northern Norway to guide Winter Whale trips for Waterproof Expeditions.

This time, we start one week earlier than previous seasons. The pros of starting earlier is the much longer days than later in the season. The cons that the whales might show up first later in the autumn as nobody can tell exactly when the season actually will start...

We are very happy when we already in the morning of our first day find orcas further out on Lopphavet. To our excitement there are even newborn baby orcas in the pod!

Among the orcas we also see a couple of humpback whales. Both species are here to feed on the herring that are overwintering in the fjords during the darkest months of the year. 

What a great early start of the season!

During my 5 weeks of whale guiding for Waterproof Expeditions, M/S Malmö is my home. This is a 37 meters long ice-strengthened ship built in 1943. A cozy base for 7 crew, 2 guides and 15 guests.

From M/S Malmö we search the fjords in hope to find cetaceans further away from the crowd. Whale watching in Northern Norway has become very popular the last few years and the amount of boats on the water has increased rapidly. Despite it being more difficult, we still do our best to escape the crowd to feel the purity of being out there in nature and encounter the arctic giants on their terms.

After observing the behaviour of the whales, and if weather conditions allow, we load the zodiacs to hopefully get some closer encounters.

With the 6°C water temperature we have in November, snorkelling above the Arctic circle isn't as cold as one might expect. Dressed in a drysuit it actually is a quite comfortable experience :-)

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We are now in mid November and have already spent 3 weeks in the fjords I admire so much. The whales have been a bit scattered early in the season, but we have managed to find them every day with several wonderful encounters, above- and beneath surface, on each trip.

With the bigger number of cetaceans we have witnessed recently, I live in great hope for another 2 whale-rich weeks in Winter Wonderland!