Not until she crossed the finish line and made history by finishing first in the FWD 78-degree North Marathon held in the Norwegian archipelago of
Longyearbyen in Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, just a 1050 kilometers away from the North Pole.
Joyette Jopson -- triathlete, 2014 Ironman 70.3 Philippines Filipino Elite Champion, and FWD Financial Wealth Officer-- overcame all odds and became the first Filipina to conquer the 42-kilometer FWD 78[degrees] North Marathon held on April 16 at
Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway, 1050 km away from the Pole (89[degrees] latitude North).
Owner Rasmus Jacobsen, a Danish environmentalist and commercial ship owner who first visited Svalbard 12 years ago, has invited me on a weekend voyage, departing from
Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen's only urban metropolis, travelling along the Isfjord and into the Greenland Sea.
NEED TO KNOW | SARAH MARSHALL travelled with Basecamp Explorer, who offer a three-Sail Into The Wild expedition on S/V Linden from PS1,172 person, departing June 7, See basecampexplorer.com | Norwegian flies from Gatwick to
Longyearbyen in Svalbard, via Oslo, from PSone way.
Longyearbyen is a coal-mining town in the remote Svalbard chain of islands with a population of about 2000 residents.
His trip started on April 4, when he left the UAE for Oslo, where he took a flight to
Longyearbyen, an island off Norway.
Only 30km of tarmac connects the far-flung Arctic community of
Longyearbyen with the rest of the world, living year-round at 78-degrees north in the Svalbard archipelago and, as I embark on a winter adventure across main island Spitsbergen, I've quite literally come to the end of the road.
Only 30km of tarmac connects the far-flung Arctic community of
Longyearbyen, living year-round at 78-degrees north in the Svalbard archipelago, and as I embark on a winter adventure across main island Spitsbergen, I've quite literally come to the end of the road.
VENTURING ACROSS ARCTIC DESERT A NIGHT spent cocooned in the log cabin loveliness of
Longyearbyen's Basecamp Hotel was essential preparation for my 72-hour, 300km crystals form on the tips of my eyelashes, I fondly recall the toe-tingling warmth of log fires like an all-too-distant memory.
VENTURING ACROSS ARCTIC DESERT A NIGHT spent cocooned in the log cabin loveliness of
Longyearbyen's Basecamp Hotel was essential preparation for my 72-hour, 300km snowmobile safari, and as snow crystals form on the tips of my eyelashes, I fondly recall the toe-tingling warmth of log fires like an all-too-distant memory.