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1000 km from the North Pole, the ice sheet of East Svalbard feels like another planet. Endless white horizons, deep blue cracks in the glacier. Here, the Arctic is changing faster than almost anywhere else on Earth â every crack tells a story written in ice over thousands of years
The lava here can hit around 1,100°C⌠and yeah, the sound is not just a hiss⌠itâs a deep crackling + roaring + explosive sizzle! đ
This is Hawaii doing its thing â a volcanic hotspot where magma keeps rising up and literally creating new land in real time.
And then a lot of floating, steaming rocks all around us. This is a real-life rock generator!
The Dolomites are honestly showing off at this point. Every corner we turned felt like someone had just casually dropped a masterpiece there overnight.
One minute itâs soft pastel cliffs glowing like a painting, the next itâs jaggedy jagged peaks looking like they were designed by an architect.
Had the absolute privilege of hiking up and down these slopes with Professor Alf Norkko, who bravely kept up despite my frequent âwait I need a photoâ stops (every 12 meters). Scientific discussions were occasionally interrupted by me yelling âLOOK AT THAT ROCK!!â
The high Tatras in Slovakia are really beautiful. Jagged peaks, waterfalls and misty valleys. These mountains still have their own âsherpasâ â legendary guys carrying insane loads up and down the mountains. Absolute machines.
And no, the guy in the photo is not a Tatra sherpa. Thatâs my friend Lassi. His heaviest load so far has been his cameras, snacks and questionable life decisions đŹ
They can smell a seal from kilometers away, wait patiently for hours at a breathing hole, and move so quietly on the ice that their prey barely knows what happened. Basically⌠imagine the most patient person you know, but faster, stronger, and way more dramatic.
Moral of the story: if a polar bear had a job title, it would definitely be âprofessional hunter with 10,000 years of experience.â
Respect the skills. Respect the bear. And definitely donât challenge one to a hide-and-seek game đ Have a nice Easter and eat alot of eggs!
I just love Greenland! Nature casually drops a masterpiece in Sermilik Fjord / Greenland and pretends itâs no big deal. Meanwhile Iâm losing my mind behind the camera đŹ
Walking on the wild (and very hot) side! My daughter joined an expedition where we shot red-hot lava flowing at over 1,100°C! That was some hot s***t. Fun fact: when it cools down a bit, but is still red, you can run over it with quick and light steps đ
If you think about a âdesertâ you probably picture sand dunes, camels and bedouins, BUT Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth. Yep â itâs technically a desert because it gets so little precipitation (less than the Sahara!). Research dating back to the 1970s and more recent studies suggest that parts of the Dry Valleys have not seen rain, or even significant snow, for almost 2 million years. It is so dry, that even the Sahara is like: âbro, you okay?â
âDid you know Slovakia is hiding a giant freezer underground? Deep inside DobĹĄinskĂĄ Ice Cave, Lassi and I came face-to-face with one of the largest underground ice masses in the world â some spots are up to 25 meters thick, holding around 110,000 cubic meters of ice. Thatâs basically enough to keep everyoneâs drinks cold⌠forever.
We explored it with Pavel Herich â scientist, strong as a bear, true cave man whoâs been running around these caves for 25 years. He explained how the ice has survived since the Ice Age, thanks to the caveâs unique shape that traps cold air like a natural refrigerator. Safe to say, Slovakia just redefined what is âcoolâ
When you thought you were just âgoing out for the nightâ but instead youâre 200 meters underground with scientist Pavel Herich â the man whoâs spent 25 years mapping the endless labyrinths beneath the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia.
Spending the night in DemänovskĂĄ Cave is like being invited into Mother Natureâs VIP lounge⌠except the bouncers are bats, the lighting is from your helmet, and the dress code is âthree layers and waterproof everything.â
Pavel casually points out things like, âOh, thatâs where the ceiling collapsed 10,000 years ago,â and âthis head torch once blew up in a big fire ball during a crawlâŚ.well, he is a speleologistâŚand a true cave man.
Slovakiaâs caves are breathtaking â and apparently also bedtime-taking â because nothing says âgoodnightâ like knowing thereâs another 50 kilometers of unexplored darkness behind you. Thanks @pavel.herich for opening up the cave to us, Lassi @outdoorfilms_and_photography , Robert the first @robi.soffa  and Lucia @enjoytatras for making it happen
On the shores of Antarctica, I locked eyes with this awkward, wide-eyed seal who seemed a bit confused about life. Fluffy in weird places, and definitely going through something. He looked at me like I might understand. Well, I didnât, but hoped he will learn the tricks and trades fast, because there was also a hungry killer whale looking at him. Puberty hits hardâeven when youâre a seal.
Finnish endurance athlete Jukka Viljanen ran 148 kilometers across Icelandâs VatnajĂśkull glacierâEuropeâs largestâin just 48 hours. Battling freezing temperatures, crevasses, and extreme isolation, he pushed through one of the harshest environments on Earth. I had the privilege of filming and photographing the entire journey, capturing every grueling step of this incredible feat of human endurance. In our team was Anton @fjallajeppar , Addi (Arngrimur Hermansson) from Ice Explorer, and âArni. We later named them Ana, Arno and Arska. Easier to remember for a Finn.
