Scooter trial to the north coast (Verlegenhuken)

We prepared our trip for weeks.

we planned to cross 80°, go ice fishing on laksevagen and bring some friend up North for their amazinin skiing trip back.

We put a Depot on half way, tested the Scooter, got a cabin and asked for advice for the best route.

 

However, we didn't came further than Wijdefjorden (79°).

And the Scooter season ended for me.

 

We started in complete Whiteout, with minimum speed, incredibly high fuel consumption and a way without any scootertracks and three scooters. But the weather changed right after Sassendalen and everything seemed fine. So we arrived in pyramiden, were we left Tuomas.... thats the end for him due to Sysselmanns regulation that Non_locals are not allowed to drive a Scooter further north.

 

So we continued with two sledges and our german friends on the Back.

Austfjorden presented perfect smoth and thick sea ice.

But everything changed on wijdefjorden.

The sea ice became more and more ridged and it felt like driving on rocks.

Finally i got a crack in my belt - the end for the trip and my scooter.

So, we drived slowly on shore and put up a camp.

 

henrik drived a bit further north to check out the cabins and saw a smal Polar bear family.

So we crossed 79° and he saw his first polar bears... at least something :)

 

So, we spent the night in the tent and fired our firewood for the polar bear guards.



the next Morning, the germans skied further north and we headed back...slowly with a broken belt

with an average speed of 7km/h we could enjoy the landscape.

but it would have been better without the fear that my scooter might stop driving.

 

this happened close to pyramiden.

A fuse just burned down and all the spare fuses as well.

So we towed the Scooter back for the last meters to Ebbahytta.

 

There we met Tuomas again, who lost one of his scooterwheels.

Finally we came back with one and a half Scooter and three sledges.