I just got back from snorkeling with humpback whales and white-beaked dolphins. I could die and go to heaven, and it would suck. Totally suck, after what I did today. John Olivero took me, Frank and Séverine out in Ocean Quest´s rib, fully suited up in wetsuits or drysuit – ready for a close up […]

Newfoundland is like Norway – just colder, wilder and friendlier. My destination, Conception Bay South just outside St. Johns, is pretty much as far east one can go on the American continent. And seriously, the names of the places in Newfoundland is in itself good enough reason to go there. I do not understand how […]

The Great Lakes that is. I met with Joe Hoyt, the 2004 North American Rolex Scholar, in Richmond, Virginia – ready for the 18 hour drive up to Alpena, Michigan. It is intriguing how fast one get to know each other when you are stuck in a car, and even though it was a loooong […]

Leaving Saba was hard. I got all sentimental on the plane to St. Maarten, and when Jo & Frank was waving their goodbyes as the plane left the runway tears came pouring down my face. I honestly think one of the hardest parts of this Scholarship is that every place you visit, you stay there […]