Hi.
A friend and I intend to follow in the tracks of the old ice hunters and make an expedition on the north Baltic Sea in March. Our goal is to travel by
kite from Sweden to Finland. If all goes well, we'll post some pictures during the trip: http://www.kiteonice.comabkayak - 17-2-2014 at 05:55 AM
cool...send pics..be safeFeyd - 17-2-2014 at 06:17 AM
This is how the sea looked exactly one year ago, February 23, 2013:
Feyd - 23-2-2014 at 06:13 PM
That's awesome. How are you fairing this year?vindman - 24-2-2014 at 01:52 PM
Winter seem to have skipped Europe this year in favour of America. Not very cold this year. Well, north Sweden had -40 centigrades in December. Then
there were a couple of weeks in January with temperatures down to -40 in the north. The north Baltic Sea got some of that cold, so there is ice, even
though it is less than normal.Suds after thuds - 24-2-2014 at 02:46 PM
for exciting trips is something I've been thinking about, recently. did you find sponsors or get any grants for your expedition Vindman? vindman - 26-2-2014 at 08:42 AM
There are no sponsors, no grants, for this excursion. So if the ice conditions are bad, we'll just get off the ice and navigate to the nearest pub.Feyd - 26-2-2014 at 11:18 AM
Always good to have a back up plan.:Dvindman - 1-3-2014 at 04:50 AM
The weather is still quite warm for the season, so let's see if the backup plan is needed or not.
The status a couple of days ago for the ice roads in the Luleå archipelago: http://www.lulea.se/samhalle--gator/nyhetsarkiv/nyheter/2014...
"The ice roads to Sandön and Junkön are reopened after being closed due to floodwater. Now all ice roads are open. Maximum vehicle weight: 4 tonnes."vindman - 5-3-2014 at 11:49 PM
Day 1 finished. Some journalists from a newspaper and 24norrbotten.se interviewed us at the start. Good wind, good ice. The stretch Piteå - Luleå was
completed in four hours. Camping in the Luleå archipelago, near the icebreaker route to Luleå.
I wonder if you had to paddle at all?vindman - 6-3-2014 at 02:41 PM
We paddle just a little. Mostly we use ice axes (in the kayak) to cross the icebreaker routes. It is quite mild weather, so the icebreaker routes do
not freeze. There are ice blocks floating around. So the kayaks are needed. And they serve as gear pulks (sleds) as well.
Today a fisherman on small island offered us to sleep in a hut close to his house. He also gave us a couple of cans of his own produced surströmming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surströmmingvindman - 8-3-2014 at 01:03 AM
