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borgeousland

  1. Big meeting in Oslo 8th May at 18:30. Bring Bengt and Lars to tell about our coming adventures. Lots of new stuff! ousland.no/blog/ 12:35 AM May 4th via web
  2. Wishing you all a great Easter, and for those who have Norwegian Tv, follow our film, "Northern Passage" on NRK 1 Thursday the 5th 2025 11:58 AM Apr 3rd via web
  3. Great going on our Patagonia crossing: ousland.no/2011/11/the-mi… 3:24 PM Nov 15th, 2011 via web
  4. Article out now, snow depth measurements we did on the Frans Josef trip in 07 cicero.uio.no/fulltext/index… 10:59 PM Sep 7th, 2011 via web
  5. I oktober har jeg storslått foredragsturne, åpent for alle. Hjelp meg gjerne å spre linken: foredrag.genua.no/turneliste twitter.com/borgeousland/s… 9:14 AM Aug 26th, 2011 via web
  6. Thorleif and I was awarded the Tillman medal by the Royal Cruising Club in London, after our circumnavigation of the Arctic. A great hounour 9:58 AM Mar 24th, 2011 via web
  7. I uploaded a YouTube video -- North east and north west passage. around the North Pole ... http://youtu.be/UIPcaggK9ws?a 12:36 PM Dec 26th, 2010 via Google
  8. I uploaded a YouTube video -- Shetland and Fair Isle 2009 Borge Ousland http://youtu.be/aAbFaAMKwnI?a 12:28 PM Dec 26th, 2010 via Google
  9. Off Sokndal, an old and pittoresque fishing village on the southwest coast of Norway. Relaxed sailing in home waters... Best regards, Børge 3:11 PM Oct 15th, 2010 via web
  10. ...but stay tuned on my blog. It’s not over yet! We’re sailing the coast of Norway, arriving Oslo on 23 October. Visit www.ousland.no/blog/ 7:21 AM Oct 14th, 2010 via web
  11. We successfully completed our mission: first Arctic circumnavigation through Northeast & Northwest Passages during one & same season! Børge 7:19 AM Oct 14th, 2010 via web
  12. In the early hours of this morning, Thursday 14 October, the “Northern Passage” crossed its own wake and reached the coast of Norway... 7:18 AM Oct 14th, 2010 via web
  13. Positional update, 23.09. We’re at 60.94371 N, 3.49417 E. A new milestone tomorrow, Thursday. Best regards, Børge. www.ousland.no/blog/ 3:48 PM Oct 13th, 2010 via web
  14. Gullfaks A – those oil platforms look huge towering above our humble trimaran as we sail past. It won’t be long now. www.ousland.no/blog/ 12:51 PM Oct 13th, 2010 via web
  15. Passed the Statfjord Oil Field half an hour ago. Best regards, Børge 6:18 AM Oct 13th, 2010 via web
  16. We’re amongst the Faroe Islands in relative windstill, ready to sail onwards as soon as the wind picks up All well with boat and crew. Børge 6:43 AM Oct 11th, 2010 via web
  17. Our repaired rudder is working well. Soon we’ll reach the North Sea, where I worked as a deep-sea diver for 10 yrs. Position 62.62N, 9.34W 1:57 PM Oct 10th, 2010 via web
  18. Gale winds took their toll. Today we had to repair our broken rudder! Check out th photographs on my blog. Børge http://www.ousland.no/blog/ 12:34 PM Oct 10th, 2010 via web
  19. We survived the gale, not as bad as feared. Tacking northeastward, following advise from our meteorologist Marc at weather4expeditions.com 12:28 PM Oct 10th, 2010 via web
  20. The bad weather has started, gale-force headwinds from east.We’re tacking towards the Faroe Islands. Not seen a single ship since Greenland! 11:03 AM Oct 9th, 2010 via web