Rúnar Karlsson | Wednesday March 18 - 2009

Training for the North Pole

Getting the gear packed before heading up to Drangajokull Glacier

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A group of Belgians is in the area training for a North Pole expedition next year. We´ve been assisting them a bit and Siggi is now with them on Drangajokull Glacier. The expedition is led by a pretty famous polar explorer, Dixie Dansercoer that´s done some impressive journeys in the Arctic and Antarctic. The Belgian postal service has even made a stamp with a picture of him to raise awareness about the polar regions.

Unfortunately, the weather in Iceland has been too good with no storms or blizzards to make it more real.

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