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Expedition Greenland North East
ICE 2011 - participants arrived in Húsavík
The new book “Nordatlantik – Eine Entdeckungsfahrt”
(The North Atlantic – A Voyage of Discovery) concerns itself mainly with
the sea, with life on the sea and with the North Atlantic cultural area.
With Peter Sandmeyer as co-author, Arved Fuchs has written an impressive
book about his latest journey, which he undertook with the “Dagmar Aaen”
and his crew, on a long circle through the rough North Atlantic. From
Newfoundland
and Nova Scotia, the journey ventured across the Atlantic to Ireland and
Scotland, during which various islands and their history played
a central role.
This
new book is available through our
shop. It is available only in German. Tour "North Atlantic" 2010
During today’s press conference, Fuchs gave a summary of the past
months. A five-part documentary will be shown on arte/ZDF.  Last
weekend
the eleven participants returned in their home countries - after
spending a wonderful time on Iceland. The forth edition of the "Ice
Climate Education"-projekt was a complete success again, the
participants return to their schools with new inforamtions, impressions,
experiences and insights. First time a simulation game was initiated, the students embraced their roles during this game and developed their own initiatives. 07.06.: Late arrival in Húsavík 08.06.: First hike and video-conference with Greenland 09.06.: Sailing trip to Dalvik 10.06.: Rainy hike in Svarfaðardal 11.06.: Long hike with crossing the river 12.06.: Students-cooking in Húsavík 13.06.: Sulfuric fields and the victory of Germany 14.06.: Whale-Watching and lots of Puffins 15.06.: Rising of sea level and waterfalls 16.06.: Simulation game and "Secret Santa" 17.06.: Adoption of the resolution and good-bye The participants of the Camp 2010: Christina Schmidt (Germany) - Sarah Ücelehan (Turkey), Karin Kassier (South Africa), Bianca Köhler (Germany), Rene Õunapuu (Estonia), Philipp Uhrich (Namibia), Frederic Heim (Germany), Rebecca Smith (South Africa), Tereza Pavlistiová (Czech Repuzblic), Teodora Bujdei (Romania), Gernot Ehgartner (Austria) Captain's report from Upernavik  A
visit to the "Dagmar Aaen" was more than overdue. But an expedition
project requires not only committed action on the spot; the
organizational and financial foundations must also be taken care of
continually. Lecture series, delivery dates for the new book manuscripts
and many other things left me with little spare time. To put it
directly...
read moreStormy turn of the year  The
three overwinterers on board the "Dagmar Aaen" had to wait a long time
for winter to arrive in Greenland's Upernavik. All the ice in the bay
had disappeared before the turn of the year - the ship swam in open
waters. Strong storms and temperatures above the freezing point offered
an unusual picture on the west coast of Greenland. It finally started to
get colder during the first days of the new year and a thin coat of ice
slowly began to form around the expedition ship. The overwinterers Kai
Meibaum, Rémy Toukouda and Martin Varga have already survived the most
difficult point - the days are now starting to grow longer."Dagmar Aaen" heads for Upernavik
Expedition-Logbook / Route of the vessel ICE-camp 2009 ended  The
third Ice-Climate-Education-camp is over. Last Friday the participants
took their flights back home. One day before they hold their study
reports in the conference room of the Húsavík Whale-Museum and got a
beautiful New Kaledonien dinner outside the city. The last highlight of
the camp was a short visit of the amazing Goðafoss-waterfall.22.06.09: Luggage-Problems at the journey 23.06.09: Breakfast in Gamli Baukur and Whale Museum 24.06.09: Lecture about global warming and a hike 25.06.09: Experiences of a polar-expert 26.06.09: Whale-Watching at Húsavík 27.06.09: Sailing-trip with Dagmar Aaen to Dalvik 28.06.09: Hiking in the wonderful Svarfaðardal 29.06.08: Katherine's birthday at guesthouse Skeið 30.06.09: Trip to the amazing waterfalls of Iceland 01.07.09: Students-dinner and sulphur springs 02.07.09: Study reports and a beautiful last evening 03.07.09: Goðafoss and the flights back home Dagmar Aaen arrived at Húsavík  Two
weeks ago Arved Fuchs started to his new expedition "North pole dawn".
Fromm the harbour in Hamburg the "Dagmar Aaen" sailed straight to
Iceland, where Fuchs initiated the third international youth camp in
Húsavík. On our ICE-Website the pupils will make a diary of the camp.Sea rescue exercise
More Infos and Pictures Last evening at Húsavík  With
a beautiful barbeque expired the last evening at Húsavík. On Wednesday
the participants will perform their reports and after this they have to
travel back to the airport in Keflavik. They will arrive at Frankfurt on
Thursday morning and from there they will fly back to their home
countries.New equipment for "Dagmar Aaen" The Danis company "Thrane & Thrane" is the world's leading manufacturer of global mobile satellite and radio communication. They develop and market satellite and radio communication equipment for use at sea, on land and in the air. In the last week "Thrane & Thrane" equipped our vessel "Dagmar Aaen" with a complete new communication system. Here you can see some impressions of the vessel in Aalborg. |
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Last
week the crew on board the “Dagmar Aaen” sailed through the largest
fiord system in the world – the Scoresbysund - on the east coast of
Greenland. Countless icebergs presented themselves to the crew during
optimal sailing conditions. How far north they will be able to travel
now is determined by the ice. The present ice conditions run conform to
the actual trend, which means that the ice is continuing to melt and due
to this, large amounts of ice are being pushed southward. The ice is
especially compact off Greenland’s east coast, making it difficult to
predict just how far north Arved Fuchs will be able to sail. 
On
Saturday the fifth international youth camp "Ice Climate Education"
ended with the flights back to the home countries. One day before the
resolution of the simulation game was passed and the participants
started to the last trip to the Goðafoss and the airport of Akureyri.
