6 day Scootertrip

It started with a simple plan to book the cabin next to Pyramiden and test the sea ice in Billefjorden.

however, one day before we started, i met some awesome Norwegian guys at the Friday gathering with the offer of my life.

a 6 day scootertrip From the westcoast to the Eastcoast and abck over Tempelfjorden.

everything was planned and my fuel ready on their sledges.

Everythin they needed was a local, for the Eastcoast.

 

So we started our trip to pyramiden

 

 tempelfjorden was not a problem and we did it to Gipsdalen.

Still with some Tracks to follow.

However, the tracks disappeared on Nordenskiöldbreen and we need to find our way.

After some time a deep meltwater channel appeared next to us, partly covered by snow.

So we were forced to drive higher and higher up the slope, until we decided to probe the way over the scary channel.

No tracks on the sea ice, so we tested the thickness every few meters

with a beautiful background

However, the further we drived from the glacier front, the thinner the ice became.

So, we decided to continue on the shore on the other side of the fjord.

in the end, a cliff made it impossible to continue so we tested the ice again and.. it was hick enough again.

So we finally managed it to pyramiden as first Scooterguests of Vitaly

On the way back we missed the tides.

Anyway, it looked scary but the scooter made it over the crack.

back in longyearbyen, the Norwegians waited ready to start adn we continued over barentsburg to kapp linee.

the next morning, we drived slowly along the west coast and enyozd the beautiful sunny day

Polar bear tracks, everywhere

And another glacier front

Another long day to the East coast

... were the clouds and fog waited for us

together with stable sea ice and a beautiful scenery

AAND finaly the first Polar bear 

the way back, we drived over glaciers and Nunataks to Tempelfjorden and finally back to longyearbyen.

 

Our route in Overview