O. wakes up at 6 am for his shift. He plans on staying up at the end of his shift, but when I wake up at 8, he finally goes back to bed. During my shift, I prepare breakfast and keep the fire alive. The night was chilly :-) The wind finally stops and the sun is shining again ! At 10 am, everybody wakes up and have breakfast. We pack our stuff. Aim of the day : reach Pyramiden and then cross the bay to reach Bruce Byen. But when we board our k...

Wake up at 10 am. Weather is still very windy and it is expected to last until the beginning of the afternoon. So we have breakfast quietly and then we decide to go and visit the old mine. "In a lush and beautiful landscape, under the mountain Skansen, there are many different remains of earlier human activity. The area is a perfect example of how cultural remains and landscape are closely tied together. In Skansbukta you can easily get an impression of how...

Wake up at 10 am. The sea is calm and the wind is not too strong. So we pack quickly in order to enjoy those good conditions. Indeed the journey will be long today (more than 30 km expected). Due to R.'s injury, we change the teams: i'll go with R. and O. will go with V. When we leave the camp, the sun is shining and the sea is very calm. We are moving quickly ! We make a first stop after 9km to eat cereal bars. Then we keep paddling alo...

Today is day off ! No wake up call at 10 today so that everybody can rest. Most of us wake up between 12 and 13. We are having late breakfast when a boat arrives. It is so surprising to hear someone else. Indeed we haven't met anyone since Svea campsite. Two men are on board : they represent the Governor of Svalbard (Sysselmannen in Norwegian) and were patrolling in the bay when they saw our campsite. They are very friendly, and they ask us who we are, where ...

Hard to go back to sleep at 6am after the deadly 4 to 6 shift ! But surprisingly, I sleep quite well until 10. The weather is still sunny. We have breakfast, pack our stuff and get ready to paddle towards Coraholmen island. O. and I are still in the K2R and A. remains in the K1 for today. Coraholmen Island is only 4 km away from the campsite and we reach it in only 45 minutes. We change clothes so that we can have a walk and discover the island. The topogr...