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It hadn’t really occurred to me as a skipper—nor to the participants—that climate change is starting to impact Ski & Sail expeditions.
"It must be so cold and snowy", that's what people often say when I go to Norway end of February as a skipper of ski & sail expeditions in the Lofoten. And yes we were hoping for snow, but instead, we got rain quite often. This was likely because the temperature of the seawater in the North Atlantic Ocean so early in the year is already getting warmer due to climate change. The moist air above this increasingly warm Atlantic Ocean is blown towards the Norwegian coast by sprin

Onno Smit
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Water Was Everywhere—Yet We Ran Out
During my most recent ski & sail expeditions in the Lofoten, Norway , as skipper for @ SeilNorge , we really went off the grid. You have to pay close attention to your available resources. There are areas and days without any mobile network coverage, which many participants actually enjoy. We also bring extra gas for cooking, spare fuel for the engine, the outboard motor, and the heater. We try to use and reuse as much food as possible, and we do everything we can to conserve

Onno Smit
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