Posts Tagged ‘johan ivarsson

10 best items of equipment I would bring on a Polar Expedition

As the Nordic Winter is starting to appear, I tend to get questions from the northern parts of the world about equipment. [...]

Sleeping in a tent in minus 50

My old Siberian pal Johan Ivarsson is slogging his way through the Skeleton Coast in Namibia with a group of people and [...]

Legendary Explorer and Adventurer by Ben Athletes & Interviews, Outdoor Industry News

Lately I have received requests to publish an interview and the only one I could think about was this one, from back in 2009. [...]

KGB and Stalins Gulags through the eyes of a Siberian, Nikolai Vadimovich

This is another true story from the Kolyma expedition: “I remember when I was a young boy” , Nikolai Vadimovich said; “And [...]

The son of two murdered Gulag prisoners tells his story

Peter Weir´s movie, The Way Back, inspired by the true events mentioned in Slavomir Rawicz and Ronald Downing´s book The Long Walk, [...]

Extreme cold, what is best? Fur or modern polar gear?

Since a small cold spell have hit Europe I´ve received a few calls from media and readers regarding the subject extreme cold. [...]

I am a hypochondriac

Yes, I do worry quite a bit about everything. I guess I am a worrier. I am at my worst whilst on [...]

Worries regarding failure

One subject of exploration, well, life in general, which people very seldom talk about is what happens if I fail? And, I [...]

Regarding the choice of equipment during polar travel

The other day, one of the globes biggest outdoor magazines asked me for an article on the choice of equipment during Arctic [...]

Expedition – how to do a documentary

I have done three documentaries and look forward to doing a forth. God knows when this will become reality! But, the other [...]

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