Polarbears on Jackson Island, Franz Josef Land 2007

Borge Ousland and Thomas Ulrich meet polar bears one morning on Jacson Island, Franz Josef Land. In 2007, Borge and Thomas Ulrich started on an old dream; to follow in Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansens footsteps through Frans Josef land. They started at the North Pole 1st of may, it took the them one and a half months across threashrous summer drift ice to reach Eva Live Island in the north east of the arcipelago. From here they continued, following Nansens route from one island to the other until they finally reached cape Flora in the south parts 24th of July. Here they had to wait almost three weeks, and were forced to live of the land, before the 44 feet long sailboat Athene managed to rech them and picked up the two explorers 13th of August.