Aurora Arktika

Aurora Arktika Our expedition sailboats Aurora and Arktika serve as our ‘mobile backcountry huts' whilst we seek fantastic adventures in Iceland, Greenland and Jan Mayen.

Come and explore the North Atlantic with Aurora-Arktika. Our experience and local knowledge guarantees you safe, fun-filled tours and expeditions in Iceland, Greenland and Jan Mayen. Onboard Aurora or Arktika you gain access to some of the most remote and captivating places alongside expert guidance for backcountry skiing, kayaking, hiking, photography, wildlife watching and any other activity you

may be looking for. The Aurora or Arktika offer the additional benefit of returning to a warm and dry boat where you can relax at the end of a great day exploring the Arctic. Gourmet meals from tasty and wholesome local ingredients will give you the energy needed for your outdoor activities.

27/03/2023

Holmlands are proud to present "Seeking Asgard: Ski Life Stories from Iceland", a documentary film and photography project that explores Icelandic ski cultur...

Sail & Ski in Iceland 2023 and 2024 dates are up! 📸
02/11/2022

Sail & Ski in Iceland 2023 and 2024 dates are up!

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Are you looking for an epic skiing adventure this winter? How about Ski & Sail in the remotest part of Iceland?📸
28/10/2022

Are you looking for an epic skiing adventure this winter? How about Ski & Sail in the remotest part of Iceland?
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“The chances of getting a sharp image with northern lights on a rocking, drifting sailboat are about as low as seeing a ...
26/10/2022

“The chances of getting a sharp image with northern lights on a rocking, drifting sailboat are about as low as seeing a fog dome. tripods only help in having the boat sharp. everything else is trial an error. so many trials actually that you can make a short 24 fps film with all the images. the land and the houses took especially long to get them sharp. but the fact that there’s even is a slight chance of getting the desired result gives extra motivation that fuels the patience”

“This image feels like it should be a cheesy inspirational poster with a quote about committing and never derail from yo...
24/10/2022

“This image feels like it should be a cheesy inspirational poster with a quote about committing and never derail from your goal and some evident over-the-top photoshop manipulation but rest assured it’s all real”

“One of the most exciting adventure of my life! Sail with to backcountry skiing in Iceland 🇮🇸”
23/10/2022

“One of the most exciting adventure of my life! Sail with to backcountry skiing in Iceland 🇮🇸”

Aurora📸
24/06/2022

Aurora

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We love mornings like these📸
22/06/2022

We love mornings like these

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The National Day of Greenland is today !We are looking forward to the summer trips in East Greenland already📸
21/06/2022

The National Day of Greenland is today !

We are looking forward to the summer trips in East Greenland already

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NEWS: Aurora & Arktika are for sale. Aurora Arktika has been developing since 2006 with many turns and trips along the w...
14/06/2022

NEWS: Aurora & Arktika are for sale. Aurora Arktika has been developing since 2006 with many turns and trips along the way. Now it’s time for further development and we are looking for the right people to take part in or take over the adventure ⛵️

AURORA: 2nd pic. Aurora is a former racing yacht, built in 1996. She is a Clipper 60 and raced around the world four times. After her racing career Sir Robin Knox-Johnston sailed her during his arctic adventures. Aurora has been outfitted to accommodate 10 guests comfortably.

ARKTIKA: 3rd pic. Arktika is a fully equipped Italian-built sailing yacht, certified to circumnavigate the globe with up to 12 guests. She’s a 75ft polar ketch used to navigate in the Arctic and the Antartic.

For further information contact [email protected]

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“A few from our Greenland adventures from the other side of the lens. Showing all the struggles of getting epic shots of...
04/06/2022

“A few from our Greenland adventures from the other side of the lens. Showing all the struggles of getting epic shots of ultra-remote locations

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Greenland, painted by boat📸
03/06/2022

Greenland, painted by boat

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In Greenland. The colour of the sea is unreal and the rocks and icebergs look small but they are huge. There is no place...
01/06/2022

In Greenland. The colour of the sea is unreal and the rocks and icebergs look small but they are huge. There is no place like Greenland and we can’t wait to explore it further

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A colosseum of ice⛵️ 📸
30/05/2022

A colosseum of ice

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Every boat needs an iceberg for scale every once in a while📸
24/05/2022

Every boat needs an iceberg for scale every once in a while

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Close pass on a bird mountain in West Greenland.
23/05/2022

Close pass on a bird mountain in West Greenland.

Not much stress in Greenland…📸
20/05/2022

Not much stress in Greenland…

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A few photos from crewmember on Aurora during the passage from Ísafjörður in Iceland to Nuuk on West coast of Greenland...
14/05/2022

A few photos from crewmember on Aurora during the passage from Ísafjörður in Iceland to Nuuk on West coast of Greenland.
The crossing was 1333 nautical miles and took 8 days. The mainsail damaged in the Denmark Strait so they had to motor to SW Greenland and refuel in Qaqartoq. Except all the towns there are surrounded with ice so it was very hard navigating out of the ice again. Finally they got fair winds and reached Nuuk on Thursday morning. Aurora was in the best hands with Captain Manu in control, 2nd was Yann and mates Hugo and Michael. What an honor to have this crew taking care of Aurora 🙏

This is Trude ❤️ The queen of storytelling. Born in Norway, lived in Svalbard and is now the hostess of Arktika in the A...
12/05/2022

This is Trude ❤️ The queen of storytelling. Born in Norway, lived in Svalbard and is now the hostess of Arktika in the Arctic.

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Aurora goes her own way📸
11/05/2022

Aurora goes her own way

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It’s May but it’s still snowing in the nature reserve ❄️ We have a few spots available on Arktika this May 23-28📸
10/05/2022

It’s May but it’s still snowing in the nature reserve ❄️ We have a few spots available on Arktika this May 23-28

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Aurora is still on her way to West Greenland. There is a lot of ice, headwind and the mainsail was damaged in a storm wh...
08/05/2022

Aurora is still on her way to West Greenland. There is a lot of ice, headwind and the mainsail was damaged in a storm when crossing the Denmark Strait. Despite that she is now sailing at 8-9kn. Destination: Nuuk.
Updates on the crossing in story.

Photo by from last september crossing on Aurora from Greenland to Iceland

En route to Greenland, a single blip appears on the radar. Soon, dozens of icebergs, barely visible in the fog, form a m...
06/05/2022

En route to Greenland, a single blip appears on the radar. Soon, dozens of icebergs, barely visible in the fog, form a maze of ice. Small pieces float by the boat as it zig zags through larger ones, their true size looming beneath the surface. An expert sailor remains alert at the helm as explorers bundled in jackets sip coffee and take pictures of this new world. Quiet anticipation turns to excitement as the fog lifts and reveals steep mountains towering around the boat, endless wilderness in all directions.

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“I flew my drone over this giant and measured its top to be over 70m high. Maybe you should get some ice axes and climb ...
04/05/2022

“I flew my drone over this giant and measured its top to be over 70m high. Maybe you should get some ice axes and climb it. But probably not”

The raw power of Greenland’s near uninhabited east coast is the stuff of legends – an adventure few have embarked on. Ou...
03/05/2022

The raw power of Greenland’s near uninhabited east coast is the stuff of legends – an adventure few have embarked on. Our guides take their knowledge and years of experience to navigate through the Arctic's final frontier, showing you true untouched wilderness that few before us have ever seen.

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“The day of the frozen fjord.I woke up from what I thought being a familiar sound. The sound of rain pouring onto the ro...
29/04/2022

“The day of the frozen fjord.

I woke up from what I thought being a familiar sound. The sound of rain pouring onto the roof of a sailboat.

I looked at the window above, but there were no raindrops.
So I got up and never expected to see what I was about to.

The sky was a clear blue, with no cloud around. The wind had dropped to zero and the fjord around us had frozen.

It was not rain dropping on the top of our boat, it was ice slowly moving past our hull.

With the warming temperature, the ice slowly started moving towards the opening of the fjord. This gave the impression of us moving forward, creating this beautiful pathway behind our boat.

The 5th day of our ski&sailtrip with was simply breathtaking!”

“We once sailed around a frozen throne where giants used to sit until they went for a swim with their whale friends inst...
25/04/2022

“We once sailed around a frozen throne where giants used to sit until they went for a swim with their whale friends instead”

“Recently, I got the chance to spend some time aboard .It is a female-owned-company, which is pretty rare within the sa...
24/04/2022

“Recently, I got the chance to spend some time aboard .

It is a female-owned-company, which is pretty rare within the sailing industry. That's why it is also important to (owner) to support other women within the industry.

This I really liked. Because not only was our skitouring guide an awesome woman () as well was the first mate aboard (). Hrefna knew everything about the boat and the area and did not hesitate to get into the cold waters to get people ashore.

And so we set sail on the first day and sailed straight into gusts of 32.6kn and snow blowing into our faces. But if you know me, you know that this is what brings me joy 😋⛵

The pictures are taken on that very first day, where almost everyone got seasick and cold. But we all kept our smiles and looked forward to an amazing week of boatlife and skiing.”

Ski guide Erla leading the group to the next fjord📸
24/04/2022

Ski guide Erla leading the group to the next fjord

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“When your boat captain and chef Manu tells you that we’re having an extreme barbecue while heading to some remote fjord...
23/04/2022

“When your boat captain and chef Manu tells you that we’re having an extreme barbecue while heading to some remote fjord somewhere off the east coast of Greenland well after the last colors of sunset have faded away you start to make up all kinds of scenarios of what this might entail but none of them will even come close to the actual experience. I don’t think even the captain himself could have planned for such intense mission.

That day we became a bit more grateful for the gifts we receive from nature. It was a special day not only because of the place but equally because of the people we shared this adventure with.

Today though is a time to reflect on such experiences from the past years, on landscapes that left you awestruck and generated a greater connection and appreciation for the natural world. With out these is much harder for Earth Day to have a greater significance than any other day of the year.”

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Isafjordur Harbor
Ísafjörður
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Search and Rescue Teams in Iceland are made of highly trained volunteers who head out in all sorts of weather at all hours of the day to safe people and their valuables. The local search and rescue teams here in the northern part of the Westfjords joined their forces and called out the ice climbing legends @runarkarlsson and @heida.jons to save the dog Píla who had been missing for three weeks. A kayaker spotted her in the cliffs around Bolungarvík and let the rescue team know. Heiða and Rúnar climbed up to Píla and brought her back to her humans. All the work of the search and rescue teams is volunteer work so we want to help them raise money to buy equipment and help training more volunteers in the area. If you want to donate to the search and rescue teams you can send us a message here or in email and we will help you out. The donation will be distributed between the three rescue teams in the area and the new climbing association in Ísafjörður to help them build up a place to train future climbers who help out in extreme conditions. Photos and videos by @holmfridurvalasvavars @boreaadventures @heida.jons @runarkarlsson @landsbjorg Björgunarfélag Ísafjarðar Björgunarsveitin Tindar Hnífsdal Björgunarsveitin Ernir Bolungarvík

Iceland Sail & Ski
Iceland Sail & Ski

“The ocean has always been close to my heart, it’s my first love and I’ve spent countless hours on it. Combining skiing with sailing is really one of the coolest experience I’ve had (except for being sea-sick, hate that).” By Kajsal Larsson

An iceberg pretending to be a whale 📸 Norris Niman Photography

Greenland - Iceland crossing October 2021
Greenland - Iceland crossing October 2021

The rough f-road back to Iceland. A brand new level of extreme chill was introduced, sailing with winds at 20m/s and the boat constantly tilting 25-30°. For 44 hours Most of us had fun with it. And still felt super safe with the epic @auroraarktika crew 🧡 Norris Niman Photography

Ski and sail Iceland
Ski and sail Iceland

“What you get if you go on a ski and sail trip in Iceland 🤯” @hildurkarlson

Nú er hægt að taka verklega prófið í skemmtibátaréttindum á skútu á Teistu á Ísafirði (vonandi verður meiri vindur þá 😅 )

Schoolship Teista
Schoolship Teista

Schoolship Teista just outside of Ísafjörður yesterday Video by Isley Reust

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Come and explore the North Atlantic with us. Our experience and local knowledge guarantees you safe, fun-filled tours and expeditions in Iceland, Greenland and Jan Mayen. Onboard Aurora or Arktika you gain access to some of the most remote and captivating places alongside expert guidance for backcountry skiing, kayaking, hiking, photography, wildlife watching and any other activity you may be looking for. Our sailboats Aurora and Arktika offer the additional benefit of returning to a warm and dry boat where you can relax at the end of a great day exploring the Arctic. Gourmet meals from tasty and wholesome local ingredients will give you the energy needed for your outdoor activities.

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