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How to dress for cold weather kayaking. Now on YouTube! Click HERE.
AKADEMIK SHOKALSKIY
SVALBARD LOCATOR MAP
CAST OF CHARACTERS Aboard the Akademik Shokalskiy, Arctic Summer 2008
Expedtion Leader, Brandon Harvey, Marine Biologist, Zodiac Driver, Keeper of the Scare Guns, Route Planner. British Columbia, Canada.
Jill Baxter, Assistant Expedition Leader (and now married to Brando), Marine Biology and Geology Lecturer, Zodiac Driver. Vancouver Island, Canada.
Geology and History Lecturer, Phil Wickens, Zodiac Driver, Derbyshire, England.
Lecturer, Jamie Watts, Marine Biology Lecturer, Zodiac Driver. England.
History Lecturer, Mariano Curiel, Safety Zodiac Driver, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Yours truly, Kayak Guide, Louise, New York State, USA. (Click on photo for Vesla's Blogs.)
SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO
NORDIC BLUE GLOVES
These are the cat's meow. The textured rubber is soft and supple when cold and the wool (or optional fleece) liner keeps my hands warm, a tall order. The rubber wrist gasket keeps water out. I've been on the hunt for the perfect kayaking glove for these frigid polar paddling conditions for 4 years now and I think I finally found it! Used for diving and polar exploration since the mid-90s. Made in Sweden. Check out Nordic Blues by clicking on the photo. Thanks, Nordic Blue!
My new SeaSpecs are fantastic! They cut the glare and the UVB/UVA protection keeps the eyes rested. Thanks, SeaSpecs! They're awesome on the Arctic seas!
KVIKK LUNSJ
Noway's original hiking bar. A precursor to our US Kit Kat bar, created in 1937. Read up on its romanticized history as a hiking and skiing 'food' by clicking on photo.
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