The Arctic Expedition - Story written by: Bart de Zwart
THE ARCTIC - Most of the fishermen (who had never seen a Stand up paddleboard before) were watching, when I made my first paddles strokes out of the Ilulissat’s little fishing harbor. They had been very shy and didn’t ask many questions but looked at me and smiled while I prepared to leave. I had packed food and water for 8 days, safety gear, navigation equipment, my ‘sup bed’ and plenty of warm clothes. I also brought a 16’ Starboard inflatable, which had been easy to get on the plane with me all the way from Maui. Inflatable SUP's are changing the way we can explore and now almost any destination can be taken on using a SUP.
The day was a perfect arctic day with blue skies and fresh but decent temperatures. In front of me was a 15-mile field of ice and icebergs. Ilulissat, which means Iceberg in Greenlandic is situated next to the most producing glacier in the Northern hemisphere. 50 meters a day and 20 billion tons every year calve from the glacier and I was paddling right between those icebergs. Needless to say, ice was everywhere. I had to work hard to find a way through it. Wind would also make things very dangerous due to a big risk of being crushed by the ever-moving ice. More; Bart de Zwart Tells His Arctic SUP Expedition Story | Sup Journeys
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