Martin Böhm
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adventure & travel
Winter backcountry adventure trip Norway [Part II]
Martin Böhm • 11/26/2010Travel information winter trip Norway -
adventure & travel
Winter backcountry adventure trip Norway [Part I]
Martin Böhm • 11/26/2010Stefan's muffled voice reaches me: "Martin, you have to get up! I can't get the snow off the tent!" Oh dear, but if we don't want to fall asleep under a mountain of snow forever, we have to get out. In the middle of the night, far away from civilization and in arctic conditions, this is anything but pleasant. A snowstorm is raging around our small dome tent and the temperatures are in the region of the freezer at home. -
adventure & travel
Photo and travel report Antarctica | Part II
Martin Böhm • 04/04/2009Massive elephant seals, sea lions and seals lie just behind the waterline on the beach. The deafeningly loud "burps" of the elephant seals in particular give us a queasy feeling for the first few meters. We explore the surroundings for a few hours, see the first king and gentoo penguins, and one or two mouths remain open in amazement and enthusiasm. As the weather is stable and the swell allows it, we sail on to explore Prion Island. A few wandering albatrosses nest here between meters of tussock grass, which at this time of year are about to hatch their offspring. -
adventure & travel
Photo and travel report Antarctica | Part I
Martin Böhm • 04/04/2009"Looking for volunteers for dangerous journey. Low pay, bitter cold, long hours in complete darkness guaranteed. Return uncertain. Honor and recognition only in case of success." (Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton in a 1907 advertisement for his expedition to the South Pole.) About 100 years later, the start of a journey to the Antarctic polar region can look very different: