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Four days in a Volcanic Wilderness: Trekking the Laugavegur Trail, Iceland
November 10, 2018 - ‘In loving memory of Ido Keinan, who passed away in a blizzard, so close to the safe hut nearby, yet so far.’ These sobe...
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Wild at Heart: A trek through Sarek National Park, Europe’s last great wilderness
October 31, 2018 - Night is mustering in the hills and the first stars begin to wink in the purple grey firmament when a large vixen sudden...
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'Off-Grid' in Arctic Sweden: Trekking the Dag Hammarskjöldleden
December 15, 2017 - The Call of the Wild: Nikkaluokta to Kebnekaise (19 km) Last September (2016) we visited Arctic Sweden for the first tim...
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An Autumn Trek in Arctic Sweden: The Kungsleden Trail from Saltoluokta to Kvikkjokk
September 30, 2016 - An Autumn Trek in Arctic Sweden: The Kungsleden Trail from Saltoluokta to Kvikkjokk
In the far reaches of Northern Euro...
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The Journey to 'Middle Land' Narsarsuaq, Greenland: Or There and Back Again
October 11, 2015 - Our flight from Reykjavík to Narsarsuaq Airport took us spell-bindingly low over the immense Greenland ice cap and then...
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The Stuff of Sagas: Trekking Erik the Red’s Land, Greenland
October 04, 2015 - The Vanished World of the Vikings The boat that had carried us the short hop across the icy turquoise waters from Narsar...
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Through a Net, Dimly: Wilderness Trekking in Klosterdalen, Tasermiut Fjord, Greenland
September 13, 2015 - The New Patagonia It’s early afternoon, late July, when our rib boat glides out of Nanortalik harbour. Located on an isl...
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Paine is Pure Pleasure: The ‘W’ route, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
December 04, 2013 - The Eighth Wonder of the World Through the cracked windscreen of our mini bus, the Paine massif, an eastern spur of the...
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