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IGLO LIFE 13 December 2012 » Uncategorized In good tradition with Roald Amundsen the MRH philosophy is to act in all our activities with respect and admiration relative to nature and those people and societies who have [...]

MAUD: ICE AND OAK 6 December 2012 » Uncategorized It has been a very busy last week in Cambridge Bay and now we are ready to take off and depart for Norway. Its a little windy outside so the [...]

MAUD DOWN UNDER 29 November 2012 » Uncategorized There she silently rests under a thick shelf of ice. Solid oak submerged in the arctic freezing cold water. She seems unapproachable and invulnerable. She has survived here for 3 [...]

MOVING FORWARD 27 November 2012 » Uncategorized After a few days of preparations in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, we are now pretty close to enter the water and explore the old lady under the ice. Our super local, [...]

VINTER DOCUMENTATION OF MAUD 24 November 2012 » Uncategorized The Maud Returns Home team is now back in Cambridge Bay for a long waited winter documentation of the old Polar Ship. Its cold here but so incredibly beautiful. The [...]

MAUD SURVEY 2012 – SUM UP 26 August 2012 » Uncategorized Local response to MRH repatriation plans People in Cambridge Bay, both the public as well as the Municipality are in general very positive to our plans to bring the old [...]

THE MAUD CAIRN 22 August 2012 » Uncategorized The last couple of weeks we have, among other things, been busy building a cairn on the beach close to where Maud has rested for the last good 80 years. [...]

MAUD TALK AND FEAST 17 August 2012 » Uncategorized Last night the Maud Returns Home team arranged for a talk on Amundsen, Maud and our project plans in the community hall for 200 people. Afterwards we served Arctic char [...]

CB-BLOG: MEETING THE MAYOR OF CAMBRIDGE BAY 13 August 2012 » Uncategorized This morning we had a nice meeting with the Mayor of Cambrdige Bay, Jeannie Ehaloak. She was very positive about our project plans and wished us all the best of [...]

CB-BLOG: A SUNDAY WALK 13 August 2012 » Uncategorized Its good to get out of town sometimes and get the daily routines a bit in perspective, so today we went for a walk and got a good bit of [...]

CB-BLOG: DOCUMENTARY FILM ON MAUD PROJECT 11 August 2012 » Uncategorized Skofteland Film, Norway have taken on the great challenge to produce a documentary film on the Maud Returns Home project. The first shootings are now being done i Cambridge Bay [...]

CB-BLOG: CAIRN BUILDING IN CAMBRIDGE BAY 9 August 2012 » Uncategorized Amundsen and his crew built several cairns during their expeditions over the years, so we felt it was relevant to start the process of building one close to where Maud [...]

CB-BLOG: CAMBRIDGE BAY – STREETLIFE 8 August 2012 » Uncategorized Busy days in Cambridge Bay and its surroundings. we spend most of the time on the beach around Maud, diving, filming or photographing and speaking with the local people. When [...]

CB-BLOG: MAUD ANCHOR FOUND 7 August 2012 » Uncategorized Second day in the water became a milestone for our project as we detected the old anchor of Maud. Thanks to the support and advices from Hans Vrålstad from Norway [...]

CB-BLOG: FIRST DAY AND A GOOD CATCH 6 August 2012 » Uncategorized First dive this morning was a straight forward happening, doing some general overall filming of the Maud getting used to the environment and looking for changes since last year. The [...]

CB-BLOG: SUNNY ARRIVAL AND MAUD IS STILL GOOD LOOKING 5 August 2012 » Uncategorized We have arrived in Cambridge Bay fit and well and our 4 pieces of jam packed luggage is still with us after two days of travelling and it is always [...]

MRH in Cambridge Bay 2012 8 July 2012 » Uncategorized The summer season in Cambridge Bay is even shorter than what we are used to up in the northern part of Norway. An average of two short months without ice [...]

Master thesis on Maud Museum lighting 28 June 2012 » Uncategorized Hege Homb Dedichen, graduate student in Design at Oslo National Acadamy of The Arts, recently won “Statsbyggs” student award for excellent interior architecture”. Dedichen have in her master thesis used [...]

THINGS ARE MOVING 25 June 2012 » Uncategorized The last few months after having finally received a formal go ahead from the Canadian Cultural Heritage Authorities to bring “Maud” out of Canada and back to Vollen and Norway, [...]

a small celebration 24 March 2012 » Uncategorized As we now have received a final go ahead from the Canadian Government for our plans to repatriate Maud back to her birthplace in Vollen, Norway, we wish to celebrate [...]

Maud Returns Home – Newspaper 22 March 2012 » Uncategorized We are pleased to present a net-version of our recent newspaper that was produced in connection with the Export Permit Review Board Hearing in Ottawa on March 15th. For those [...]

Great News: Review board opens for export permit 16 March 2012 » Uncategorized Great News 16th of March 2012: The Review Board have directed the Canada Border Services Agency to issue an Export Permit upon our request. This is great news for us [...]

Good press follow up before Hearing in Ottawa 13 March 2012 » Uncategorized We are happy to experience a good following up from the Canadian press the last days now before the hearing on Thursday with the Canadian Cultural Property Review Board. Let [...]

MAUD EXPORT PERMIT APPEAL HEARING 11 March 2012 » Uncategorized As we now are getting close to the appeal hearing for the Export Permit Refusal for Amundsen’s polar ship Maud, we have arrived here in the capital of Ottawa to [...]

EXPORT PERMIT – NOTICE OF REFUSAL 15 December 2011 » planning process We have now, through the Royal Norwegian Embassy, received a NOTICE OF REFUSAL from the Canadian Government regarding our Export Application for Maud. The reason for the refusal is explained [...]

EXPORT PERMIT APPLICATION – IS HANDED IN 31 October 2011 » planning process We are incredibly happy to announce that an EXPORT PERMIT APPLICATION for the Polar ship MAUD of Polar Explorer Roald Amundsen was finally delivered at 27th of October 2011, “by [...]

MAUD SURVEY 2011 – CONCLUSION 11 October 2011 » planning process After one month of careful analysis of all the film and photographic material as well as impressions from our visit and Maud Survey 2011 our main conclusion is crystal clear [...]

MAUD SURVEY IN CAMBRIDGE BAY, CANADA 2011 12 August 2011 » Survey Aug. 2011 This last week Project Manager Jan Wanggaard and Project Diver and Photographer Dag Leslie Hansen have spent their time Surveying the wreck of Maud both over and under the water [...]

BAYMAUD AND CAMBRIDGE BAY 9 July 2011 » planning process A Little introduction to the people in Cambridge Bay and other supporters of “Baymaud Canada” Maud (later called Baymaud) was built in in 1917, in Vollen, Norway by shipbuilder Christian [...]

TRANSFER OF MAUD OWNERSHIP 8 June 2011 » planning process Yesterday the chairmanship of Asker Kommune decided by unanimous resolution to transfer the ownership of Polarship Maud from Asker Kommune to Tandberg Eiendom and its project group Maud Returns Home. [...]

GROWING INTEREST FROM CANADA 25 May 2011 » planning process After Maud Returns Home went public there has been a growing interest for the project both in Norway and now also from the Canadian side. This is of course nice [...]

WEBPAGE – MAUD RETURN HOME 11 May 2011 » planning process We are happy to announce that our MAUD RETURNS HOME webpage is now opened. We have decided to put priority now on presenting the page in English but a Norwegian [...]

THE MAUDMUSEUM – ARCHITECT PROPOSALS 14 April 2011 » planning process Snøhetta and Jarmund/Wigsnæs Architect companies were challenged separately to make sketch proposals for a new Maudmuseum placed in the heart of Vollen, Asker where this once proud polarship was built [...]

MAUD RETURNS HOME – GOES PUBLIC 12 April 2011 » planning process After many months of hard work our plan to bring the wreck of Maud back to Norway and Vollen has been revealed to the public, and the response has been [...]

NORWEGIAN MARITIME MUSEUM – SUPPORT 6 April 2011 » planning process We are very pleased to announce that the official National Museum for Maritime History of Norway, NMM (Norsk Maritimt Museum) have given their blessing and support to our initiative to [...]

MAUD MUSEUM – ARCHITECT COMPETITION 24 March 2011 » planning process We can proudly announce that Tandberg Eiendom AS has taken initiative to a small architect competition regarding a Maud museum in Vollen, Asker, by the Oslo fjord. Two architect companies, [...]

A BIG PIECE OF THE PUZZLE 23 March 2011 » planning process Kleopatra is her name and we are now happy to announce that she has become part of our Project Team. Kleo weighs in at 250 tons and will become, when [...]

THE BARGE 15 March 2011 » planning process The main tool for the whole MAUD Rescue Operation will be a transoceanic custom built submersible barge. We are these days in the negotiation process for buying the base construction [...]

PRELIMINARY OPERATION PLAN 14 March 2011 » planning process After several months of studies we are now happy to present a preliminary plan for the Maud Returns Home – Rescue Operation. Parallel to the end of this preliminary development [...]

PPB: First meeting with Asker Kommune 22 January 2011 » planning process There will a meeting with Asker Kommune on monday 24th of january 2011 regarding a new initiative and preliminary plans from Tandberg Eiendom on saving the wreck of polarship Maud [...]

MDB: First scetch for the Maud Museum 20 January 2011 » museum development First sketch for the Maud Museum and its positioning in Vollen, Asker, Norway. A minimalistic boathouse made from rusty steel and glass, separated from the shoreline as a little island. [...]

ROB: Rescue Operation Blog 15 January 2011 » rescue operation The Rescue Operation blog will take over for the Planning Process Blog at the point of a final decision for a go ahead for the Rescue Operation itself. The intention [...]