End without respite
May 13, King William Island. Last sunset of the summer. Midnight sun begins The days were beginning to resemble each other. The icy routine, the long marches and the shortage of rest were pushing us to the limit. The strategy was clear from the beginning: to lighten the sleds by [...]
The first Magnetic Pole. The Magnetic North Pole by James Clark Ross
After 29 days, 13 hours and 53 minutes of progress over the frozen sea, we reached one of the most symbolic historical milestones of the project: the first magnetic North Pole recorded by humans, discovered by the British scientist James Clark Ross on July 1, 1831. We achieved it at 02:57 hours of [...]
Under the white storm
The next threat came from the sky. During the crossing, they endured several snowstorms, two of which forced them to remain barricaded in the tent for three full days. For two days, the team managed to shelter behind a block of ice that partially mitigated the fury of the wind. However, the blizzard did not give [....]
Plan B: flying over the ice
The first few days already set the tone for the expedition. Crossing the Barrow Strait - an area known for its thin, unstable ice - tested the team's morale. What seemed like a safe solution, transportation by sleds pulled by snowmobiles, fizzled out when the local drivers changed their [...]
Sea Ice 2025: a voyage to the limit in the Northwest Passage
"Constant tension and uncertainty". This is how Jose Trejo, promoter of the Sea of Ice 2025 expedition, describes the first days on the Canadian Arctic ice. During 55 days of expedition - 39 of them on the frozen ice floe - a team of three Spanish expedition members crossed 613 kilometers of frozen sea following in the footsteps of the great [...]