66 North

there were many websites i studied to learn as much as possible about Greenland and its people before going and what always hit me was that alot of times it said entering the east of Greenland was like stepping of the side of the earth, IT IS, i will never forget that flight we were not [...]

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Enjoy the snow everyone

It’s snowing here in NYC, and I expect wherever Scooby is as well. So, here’s a treat from the admin, real snow falling on the blog.

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One more thing – I LOVE YOU SWEETHEART

When i am of jumping around the arctic my beautiful daughter Samantha is  back in the Colorado Rockies and  is always worried about me, she also has the need to travel to amazing places, when i landed in the north i was on the phone checking in with her and in the distance i could see red [...]

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Reykjavik

I knew i could not trust the dam tourist company,i guess they don’t look at the same weather and space websites that i do but its OK i did not build up my hopes,anyway I’m back down south in Reykjavik and i can tell ye I’m feeling the pain,carrying a 60lb backpack around for 5 days [...]

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Moments alone

I headed out of the village last night after a few hot whiskeys in the local bar,and walked of into another world,i have no idea how far i walked but it was for miles,on my left was the fjord, on my right was the arctic circle, i found a sheltered area which i discovered at [...]

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pic from the pub

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Scooby’s on top of the world everyone …

got an email from our intrepid explorer at around noon today. He’s in northern Iceland, waiting to try again for Greenland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akureyri Well the day began with a quick check of the weather in Greenland and i knew the answer when the page opened,there is a big low moving in from Canada so i headed [...]

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Scooby checks in on his way through Iceland.

Things started to change rapidly as soon as the door opened at Reykjavik airport,i jumped on the bus into town over to the regional airport we were meant to depart at 10;30hrs then it went to 11;30 to 12;30 at 13;00 it was go go go,the plane was loaded there was 11 Inuit folk and [...]

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Scooby is on his way to Greenland

GREENLAND www.greenland.com When i was at point barrow Alaska they were to far south of me,when i camped out on the island of grimsley above Iceland a blizzard moved in,this time i think i have them,i wont bore you with the details of space weather,the sun,the moon,where on earth you are,but i can tell ye [...]

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