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MAUD IS HOME21 February 2019 » Uncategorized HOME AFTER ONE HUNDRED YEARS After seven years of steady work by our Maud Returns Home project team and endless support by Tandberg Eiendom who has been alone on the […] |
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MAUD RETURNS HOME – HOMETRIP 20187 May 2018 » Uncategorized MAUD RETURNS HOME – STATUS MAY 2018 Its been a while since last update here on our webpage and there is a bit of catching up for those who does […] |
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MAUD SUMMER 201718 June 2017 » Uncategorized ARRIVAL CAMBRIDGE BAY Maud crew Stig was the first to arrive in CB again this year – spending his first weeks waking our tug Tandberg Polar up from its 3rd […] |
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AN EXTRAORDINARY MAUD SUMMER25 September 2016 » Uncategorized SUMMER OF 2016 IN CAMBRIDGE BAY After finally being able to lift Maud up from her 85 year long rest on the seabed, we have now had a short month […] |
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WE HAVE A LIFT OFF1 August 2016 » Uncategorized MAUD FLOATS AGAIN And then in suddenly Maud with all her history and symblic power chose to release herself and let the cold arctic water caress her keel again after […] |
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MAUD MID SUMMER1 August 2016 » Uncategorized NEWS FROM MAUD AND CAMBRIDGE BAY July is closing in and we have had a short month in Cambridge Bay, spending every day, weekends included, in the water and around […] |
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MAUD RETURNS HOME 201617 June 2016 » Uncategorized Mild winter – still ice plenty Its been a long winter as always around old Maud in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Being a record mild winter in the Arctic we imagined […] |
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MAUD SUMMER 2015 – RESUME21 November 2015 » Uncategorized SUMMER 2015 IN CAMBRIDGE BAY After arriving Cambridge Bay in June this year our plan was to prepare Maud for being lifted out of the water, after being ignored and […] |
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MAUD SUMMER4 July 2015 » Uncategorized FIRST PREPARATIONS After a few weeks here in Cambridge Bay it has turned from late winter to early summer. The ice seem to evaporate more than melt and Maud will […] |
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MAUD IS WAKING UP FOR A NEW SUMMER29 May 2015 » Uncategorized Its been a good half year since we left our tug Tandberg Polar and barge Jensen in Cambridge Bay for the winter. Luckily we found Ann and Glenn Bainbridge who […] |
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FREEZING IN WITH MAUD6 October 2014 » Uncategorized SHORT SUMMER SEASON One day we had nice autum weather in Cambridge Bay. The next day it was full winter. This year it all happened much earlier than previous years. […] |
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RENDEZVOUS MAUD12 September 2014 » Uncategorized RENDEZVOUS MAUD To see Maud last night in Cambridge Bay, close up with TP and barge Jensen was as to witness a love affair come through. An earthly power of […] |
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NEW PERSPECTIVES30 August 2014 » Uncategorized HOPEFULLY SOON Tandberg Polar is now hopefully at any time departing for its last stretch towards Cambridge Bay. It has been an intence period the last weeks waiting for the […] |
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VERYSLOWLYTHROUGHTHENORTHWESTPASSAGE20 August 2014 » Uncategorized It has been some weeks now with waiting and going and waiting and going for our Tug Tandberg Polar and Barge Jensen heading for Cambridge Bay in the middle of […] |
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HEADING ON31 July 2014 » Uncategorized STAYING COOL To sit and watch ice melt can be quite a challenge for a bunch of eager, restless Norwegians, but as days pass by we end up filling our […] |
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WAITING20 July 2014 » Uncategorized Tug Tandberg Polar and barge Jensen has now settled in for a little wait up the coast of Greenland, more precise in Aasiaat inside Disco island. From here we will […] |
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GREENLAND CALLING13 July 2014 » Uncategorized THE ATLANTIC CROSSING The Maud Returns Home Expedition 2014 has now arrived Nuuk on the west coast of Greenland 17 days after we departed Farsund on the south coast of […] |
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FOLLOW US2 July 2014 » Uncategorized A little update – not from Jan this time, but from Marit – his daughter, who is in charge of updating the outer world on how things are going with […] |
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NO SKJÆR VI LAUS – OFF WE GO24 June 2014 » Uncategorized After weeks running around ourself and everyone else we can finally feel that gentle move of the sea under our feet. Its been some busy weeks and months now with […] |
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NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS31 May 2014 » Uncategorized LAST PREPARATIONS A busy schedule preparing our departure has made our web-page suffer these days, but it only means we are hands full preparing and loading our tug and barge […] |
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I WILL FLY AWAY26 February 2014 » Uncategorized At 4 oclock in the afternoon on the 18th of June 1928 Roald Amundsen took off with Latham 47 from Tromsø on a rescue mission to find the Zeppelin crew […] |
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MAUD RETURNS HOME STATUS – FEBRUARY 201425 February 2014 » Uncategorized The Maud Returns Home expedition is now sceduled to depart Norway in the first half of June 2014. Its been a long but rewarding process for us to prepare for […] |
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A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION4 November 2013 » Uncategorized A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION During the 7 years of the Maud Expedition, the polar ship was to be a floating research station and laboratory, thanks to one man who later became […] |
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ARCTIC EYES IN CAMBRIDGE BAY12 October 2013 » Uncategorized As we decided to delay our departure until next summer we just made a quick visit last week to ensure ourself that Maud was still there, and she was. Bjørn […] |
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IQALUIT – CLOSER TO THE ICE11 October 2013 » Uncategorized LIFE IN THE HIGH NORTH The summer season of the high arctic is closing in these days and new ice is building slowly and glues together the open gaps between […] |
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FINDING NEW WAYS25 September 2013 » Uncategorized Since we made the decition this summer (a wise one – it seems) to give us another year for preparations before we lift anchor from Norway and head for the […] |
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ONE MORE YEAR BEFORE WE GO30 July 2013 » Uncategorized Maud Returns Home initiated as a group during the winter of 2011 with the ambition to salvage the forgotten polar ship Maud of Roald Amundsen, lost in the deserted arctic […] |
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IN CONSTANT PROGRESS28 May 2013 » Uncategorized Its been an ultra hectic spring period for the small MRH group covering all aspects of preparations for a long and ambitious journey to bring back home the old ship […] |
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IGLO LIFE13 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 […] |
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MAUD: ICE AND OAK6 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 […] |
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MAUD DOWN UNDER29 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 […] |
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MOVING FORWARD27 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, […] |
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VINTER DOCUMENTATION OF MAUD24 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 […] |
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MAUD SURVEY 2012 – SUM UP26 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 […] |
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THE MAUD CAIRN22 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. […] |
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MAUD TALK AND FEAST17 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: MEETING THE MAYOR OF CAMBRIDGE BAY13 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: A SUNDAY WALK13 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: DOCUMENTARY FILM ON MAUD PROJECT11 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: CAIRN BUILDING IN CAMBRIDGE BAY9 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: CAMBRIDGE BAY – STREETLIFE8 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: MAUD ANCHOR FOUND7 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: FIRST DAY AND A GOOD CATCH6 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 […] |
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CB-BLOG: SUNNY ARRIVAL AND MAUD IS STILL GOOD LOOKING5 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 […] |
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MRH in Cambridge Bay 20128 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 […] |
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Master thesis on Maud Museum lighting28 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 […] |
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THINGS ARE MOVING25 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, […] |
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a small celebration24 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 […] |
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Maud Returns Home – Newspaper22 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 […] |
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Great News: Review board opens for export permit16 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 […] |
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Good press follow up before Hearing in Ottawa13 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 […] |
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MAUD EXPORT PERMIT APPEAL HEARING11 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 […] |
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EXPORT PERMIT – NOTICE OF REFUSAL15 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 […] |
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EXPORT PERMIT APPLICATION – IS HANDED IN31 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 […] |
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MAUD SURVEY 2011 – CONCLUSION11 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 […] |
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MAUD SURVEY IN CAMBRIDGE BAY, CANADA 201112 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 […] |
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BAYMAUD AND CAMBRIDGE BAY9 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 […] |
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TRANSFER OF MAUD OWNERSHIP8 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. […] |
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GROWING INTEREST FROM CANADA25 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 […] |
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WEBPAGE – MAUD RETURN HOME11 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 […] |
