A few things you need to know about any epic Icelandic #surf Saga … First off, there is only one operator in all of Iceland that offers equipment rentals, and that is Arctic Surfers. Secondly, in first-world Reykjavik, people use real money, not the measly little Ronts we are used

Superb #auroraborealis activity near the tiny fishing village of #Husavik last night. Our #Iceland sailing trip with Oceanwide Expeditions has been utterly visually mesmerizing, to the extent that my brain is now running out of hard-disk space. We have found fantastic waves, but will only be able to rent #surf

Iceland welcomed us back with a barrage of visuality after crossing the Denmark Straits from Greenland. Dozens of humpback and fin whales crowded the 90km fjord to Akureyri – the 2nd largest Icelandic city – lobtailing and fluke-waving against a backdrop of sheer, snowcapped peaks spearing up from the water’s

The #Greenland leg of our journey aboard the Oceanwide Expeditions ‘Rembrandt van Rijn’ is coming to an end as we sail across the Denmark Straits, with swell pounding the plucky 100-yr old schooner. The #adventure is nowhere near done, though, with 10x days of exploration in #Iceland on the horizon.

Part of our mission on this Oceanwide Expeditions voyage is to scout and shoot some Greenland #trailrunning options for future trips. The terrain here is harsh – even forbidding – with serrated ridgelines and dagger-like spires stabbing into gruel-gray cloud banks. Along the edges of Scoresby Sund – a fjord

  One Word: Bonkers! We sailed via Scoresby Sund past the ‘Sun Glacier’ ice fall, where we anchored for the night in the icy slush pouring off the gritty peaks. The morning sail took us into #Vikingebucht, or ‘Viking’s Bay’, our second anchorage of the trip. Two polar bears stalked

  Travel to me always comes with a Jekyll & Hyde component. In order to chase your adventure, you often have to leave those you love the most behind. You swap that warm cocoon of family – and familiarity – to do a deep-dive in search of the weird and

This is the Mittivakkat Glacier in East Greenland, and that little dot is one of the dogsleds I was travelling on 20-odd years ago. I had joined a party of Inuit hunters on an expedition – shooting for #DestinationEastGreenland thanks to Anders Stenbakken – and for two weeks we camped