Dgurley2000
Adventurer
What an adventure! I'm curious what the menu will look like in a camp like that? Lots of hot meals?
unURBAN Adventures - Alaska to Argentina to AFRICA!
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That is truely awesome! Glad you two get to work together down there. I take it you found a place to store the Patrol while working? And after you two are done you getting back into the Patrol and driving north!?
Question; where did you shower in the Canadian Artic camp!?
It will be fun to work together on the ice. The Patrol will be stored in a warehouse here in Punta while we are working, and it is good to know that our "home" will be waiting for us in a safe place.
When we are done working we hope to drive north somewhere...
In the Arctic camp there was no showers, so it was just a bowl or two of hot water for a good old wash. In Antarctica we have a shower tent with two showers where the heated water goes into a bucket, and then a small pump that runs on batteries pumps the water up into the shower.
Thanks for all the nice comments, feedback and dinner invitations....
We will do our best to post some blogs from the ice when we are not busy in the kitchen. When it comes to menu on the ice it is hot food for every meal. Since it is roughly one Ilyushin flight a week onto the ice during the season (when the weather is cooperating) we have a good suply of food. Fresh fruit and vegetables from Chile, Chilean salmon and other fish, Argetinian beef and Patagonian lamb. So then it just up to the chefs to cook some good meals...
Malin
We will do our best to post some blogs from the ice when we are not busy in the kitchen. When it comes to menu on the ice it is hot food for every meal. Since it is roughly one Ilyushin flight a week onto the ice during the season (when the weather is cooperating) we have a good suply of food. Fresh fruit and vegetables from Chile, Chilean salmon and other fish, Argetinian beef and Patagonian lamb. So then it just up to the chefs to cook some good meals...
Malin
RMP&O
Expedition Leader
Well, it is sad to see your trip report come to an end....or at the least a temporary end.
This has truely been one of the best trip reports I have ever read. On top of that I had a chance to meet you two!
You two make me want to sell everything I own except one truck and just hit the road. You have truely inspired me and I suspect many more!
cheers!
This has truely been one of the best trip reports I have ever read. On top of that I had a chance to meet you two!
You two make me want to sell everything I own except one truck and just hit the road. You have truely inspired me and I suspect many more!
cheers!
Thanks, RMP&O!
We'll se if we can find a way to post some updates from the ice. No guarantees though...
And you have a nice house! Should be easy to rent out for a few years...? ;-)
Hope to see you on the road one day! On a different continent, perhaps...?
E
As promised - a decision...
Yup! I’m going in to do dishes! Not really the dream job, and I could probably make a lot more money if I flew back to Norway to work even with the flight tickets included, but it IS an opportunity to fly into the interior of Antarctica and see how a polar camp works.
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Union Glacier is here somewhere...
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And as you know, we have said many times that we don’t really feel ready to go home just yet. Life on the road is too good. The last couple of months we have regularly been discussing how we can extend our trip. We have squeezed a few more bucks from our savings account, and with both of us now working for 2-3 months in Antarctica, we have finally landed on a conclusion: we are doing another 6 months after finishing our contracts with Antarctica Logistics and Expeditions. Where? Well. It would have been easy to spend the time in South America, but we do kind of feel that we would also like to try one more continent before we park the Patrol back home in Norway.
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So, yes, we are packing our stuff and sending it to Cape Town in South Africa, and the plan is to drive home!
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There is however one major challenge for us, and that is the lack of internet in camp in Antarctica. We have only briefly started to look into dos and don’ts for a drive north through Africa, so I guess we’ll be spending the first weeks in South Africa trying to get organized. The idea would be to more or less stick to the east coast after leaving South Africa or perhaps Namibia.
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Hopefully, we’ll find lots of tips and suggestions here when we come back online….
Budget would be about 75 USD per day. Our route would be north along the east coast (more or less, and with plenty of detours, of course), and over to Europe probably from Egypt. So! The questions are: What do we need to see, and where should we go???? Soooo, anyone? ;-)
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And finally, internet connection from Antarctica is VERY limited, and I don't think we'll be able to respond much to comments and suggestions, even if we manage to upload a blog or two. BUT WE’LL BE BACK!!
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E&M
Yup! I’m going in to do dishes! Not really the dream job, and I could probably make a lot more money if I flew back to Norway to work even with the flight tickets included, but it IS an opportunity to fly into the interior of Antarctica and see how a polar camp works.
.
.
Union Glacier is here somewhere...
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And as you know, we have said many times that we don’t really feel ready to go home just yet. Life on the road is too good. The last couple of months we have regularly been discussing how we can extend our trip. We have squeezed a few more bucks from our savings account, and with both of us now working for 2-3 months in Antarctica, we have finally landed on a conclusion: we are doing another 6 months after finishing our contracts with Antarctica Logistics and Expeditions. Where? Well. It would have been easy to spend the time in South America, but we do kind of feel that we would also like to try one more continent before we park the Patrol back home in Norway.
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So, yes, we are packing our stuff and sending it to Cape Town in South Africa, and the plan is to drive home!
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..through Africa!
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There is however one major challenge for us, and that is the lack of internet in camp in Antarctica. We have only briefly started to look into dos and don’ts for a drive north through Africa, so I guess we’ll be spending the first weeks in South Africa trying to get organized. The idea would be to more or less stick to the east coast after leaving South Africa or perhaps Namibia.
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Hopefully, we’ll find lots of tips and suggestions here when we come back online….
Budget would be about 75 USD per day. Our route would be north along the east coast (more or less, and with plenty of detours, of course), and over to Europe probably from Egypt. So! The questions are: What do we need to see, and where should we go???? Soooo, anyone? ;-).
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And finally, internet connection from Antarctica is VERY limited, and I don't think we'll be able to respond much to comments and suggestions, even if we manage to upload a blog or two. BUT WE’LL BE BACK!!
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E&M
LOL! Yeah buts that's Chicago.:coffeedrink::ar15:
4 Corners Expeditions
Observer
Here is a link to trip report from a guy who took the same route from S. America to Africa and headed north. It is a detailed blog with useful information on his trip through Africa. The URL link below will take you to the point in His journey where he was shipping his vehicle to South Africa from S. America.
http://transworldexpedition.com/?m=201003
http://transworldexpedition.com/?m=201003
Ruined Adventures
Brenton Cooper
^^^Nicholas Rapp's site is the best reference I've found so far in regards to shipping Buenos Aires to Cape Town. To save you some internet time, here's the cliff notes from TransWorld Expedition's shipping process:
There's tons of info available on the Africa Overland Network, you should probably post on there to get more answers. When you have more time, another great source is Africa4x4cafe. Hope this helps...in case it's not obvious, i'm trying to make up for all the border crossing info I've borrowed from your travels!
I read somewhere that Malaysian Airlines has the best rates for flights. I believe you will need to get a Carnet for the Patrol, but I imagine you have one from when you shipped it to the US?
By the way, i think this is the best news ever! Your zigzap itinerary looks like a great start on planning. :sombrero: You may need a detour towards the end though.
Luckily you have plenty of time to get that part sorted out.
There's tons of info available on the Africa Overland Network, you should probably post on there to get more answers. When you have more time, another great source is Africa4x4cafe. Hope this helps...in case it's not obvious, i'm trying to make up for all the border crossing info I've borrowed from your travels!
jpvm
Explorer
This adventurous post froze just like Espen and Malin in Anctartica .... we need an update , a picture, something to enlighten our working days ... this post will fall just like a greek share ... or better, get back to the Patrol and start driving north again reporting and taking those marvelous pictures , we won't make it seeing just ice pictures for the upcoming next 3 months ... over.
iRagedoYou
Member
What an AWESOME adventure! Thanks for sharing those amazing photographs :luxhello::victory:
just finished reading from page 1, I must say is a great adventure one day I must take on, btw when you were in Mexico you drove right by my hometown, San Ignacio its very close to Atotonilco, my grandfather has hectares and hectares of agave growing everywhere, he sells to the best Tequila distillers. thanks for the pictures its very awesome to see those blue hills again.