{"id":50734,"date":"2018-09-17T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T10:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.subtechsports.com\/?p=50734"},"modified":"2018-09-18T08:06:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T06:06:12","slug":"first-boat-to-row-around-svalbard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/first-boat-to-row-around-svalbard\/","title":{"rendered":"First Boat to Row Around Svalbard"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Boat to Row Around Svalbard<\/h1>\n

A 3000 km mind-blowing Expedition<\/p>\n

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Expedition:<\/strong> Row Around Svalbard
\nCrew:<\/strong> The Swedish Adventurers S\u00f6ren Kjellkvist, Glenn Mattsing.
\nPurpose:<\/strong> Enlighten the changes of the Arctic for children at school.
\nWhere:<\/strong> Troms\u00f6 in Norway around Svalbard and back.
\nDistance:<\/strong> 3000 km
\nDuration:<\/strong> 2 months (Finish: August 2018)
\nAverage distance:<\/strong> 70km\/day<\/p>\n

All images \u00a9Row Around Svalbard. Glenn Mattsing. S\u00f6ren Kjellkvist.<\/p>\n

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Imagine setting out on the mission to be the first boat that has ever crossed Barents Sea to row around Svalbard.<\/p>\n

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That is exaclty what the Swedish adventurers S\u00f6ren Kjellkvist and Glenn Mattsing did.<\/p>\n

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A 3000km long expedition from Troms\u00f6 in the north of Norway across Barents Sea to then go around the one of the world\u2019s northernmost inhabited area, Svalbard and back to Troms\u00f6.<\/p>\n

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Svalbard that is positioned halfway between Norway and the North pole is known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering whales, walrus….<\/p>\n

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but also polar bears which forced them to bring rifles if it was a matter of life and death situation.<\/p>\n

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This is something that has never been done before, mostly because it has never been possible earlier due to that everything has been covered with ice…<\/p>\n

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but considering this summer made it to the record books for being the warmest in a very long time- the timing was perfect!<\/p>\n

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After riding out several storms, close encounters with dangerous animals and a few injuries they finally made it back to Troms\u00f6 after rowing a total distance of 3000km around Svalbard.<\/p>\n

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We are really proud of Glenn and S\u00f6ren for being the first boat that has rowed around Svalbard and happy we could keep their gear dry and safe with our PRO DRYBAG 45L<\/a> on their amazing journey!<\/p>\n

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A message we can take with us from this amazing expedition by S\u00f6ren and Glenn is the importance that we protect our world oceans by reducing the use of plastic and other waste that is ending up in the ocean and being washed up on shores in remote areas like this….<\/p>\n

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Let us all together try to make a difference to save our world oceans for coming generations!<\/p>\n

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First Boat to Row Around Svalbard A 3000 km mind-blowing Expedition Expedition: Row Around Svalbard Crew: The Swedish Adventurers S\u00f6ren Kjellkvist, Glenn Mattsing. Purpose: Enlighten the changes of the Arctic for children at school. Where: Troms\u00f6 in Norway around Svalbard and back. Distance: 3000 km Duration: 2 months (Finish: August 2018) Average distance: 70km\/day All […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/sv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}