Explore Norths podcast

What does it take to dedicate a life to the ocean? In this episode, we sit down with Michael Sylvester, the force behind Ocean Responders. After two decades of working as a lawyer working to make policy changes, Michael decided that his time was best spent reconnecting with nature and making including people in the change we need to see.

We dive into:

• Life at sea: 10 years following humpback whales and what the ocean taught him
• Why training the next generation is the key to lasting ocean health
• How Ocean Responders is turning awareness into action
• Practical ways you can get involved in ocean conservation today

Whether you're an ocean lover, an aspiring conservationist, or just curious about life at sea, this conversation will leave you inspired to respond.

You can learn more about Oceanresponders on the webside.

I have just released the book The art of hanging by the hook - practical advice on how to anchor. Kindle or print. Your decision. Just buy it and learn how to sleep safely at anchor in wild places. Dreaming of Svalbard? Buy Sail to Svalbard - you can also find it on Amazon.

If you are interested in High Latitude Sailing, I have written a book by the same title together with Bob Shepton. You can buy High Latitude Sailing on Amazon.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

The Danish couple Camilla and Jonas Toustrup reached Svalbard on their second attempt this year. Before they headed off on their adventure, they spent four years upgrading and fixing the Dufor 12000 CT from 1979. It was a long process, but now they know their boat, Jera, so they can fix her on the voyage with no end date. That knowledge proved handy from the very beginning.

You can follow them on Instagram Journey of Jera.

We have just released our Arctic Sailing Program, and it starts in mid-October with sailing with Whales and Northern Lights above 70 degrees North. Come join us for an experience you will never forget.

I have just released the book The art of hanging by the hook - practical advice on how to anchor. Kindle or print. Your decision. Just buy it and learn how to sleep safely at anchor in wild places. Dreaming of Svalbard? Buy Sail to Svalbard - you can also find it on Amazon.

If you are interested in High Latitude Sailing, I have written a book by the same title together with Bob Shepton. You can buy High Latitude Sailing on Amazon.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

Svenske Maria Erkisson og Vibjörn Distler bor om bord i Urd, en 40 fots stålketch, i Gratangsfjorden i Nord-Norge. Her nyter de fjellene, havet, stormene, midnattsolen og nordlyset. Nå har de sagt opp jobbene sine for å seile sørover til Sverige i januar. Deretter setter de kursen mot Nordvestpassasjen.

Du kan følge paret på Instagram Urds loggbok.

Hvis du har lyst til å ligge mer på svai denne sommeren, så har jeg akkurat lansert boken Kunsten å ligge på svai. Du finner den på explorenorth.no/books. Her får du praktiske tips til hvordan du skal ankre opp slik at du sover godt om natten.

Denne podcasten er en del av Norges Seilforbunds satsning på turseiling, og ikke minst 100 Nautiske Klubben. Her kan du høre de tidligere podcastene fra Explore North.

Du kan også høre podcastene på din mobil via iTunes, Spotify, YouTube og andre plattformer.

Er du på jakt etter inspirasjon til å seile mer i hjemlige farvann, så anbefales, uten å rødme, boken Norske kystperler – hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst.

Drømmer du om å se knølhvaler og spekkhuggere så kan vi friste med en tur til 70 grader nord i vinter. Der samles hvalene for å meske seg med sild under nordlyset. Sjekk Sail with whales and Northern lights.

Gunnar Christensen might not have the fastest boat in the Golden Globe Race 2026 fleet, but he has the skill set and mentality to keep it all together in this 7-8 month-long solo race around the world. We talked to the experienced sailor just before the start on September 6th.

Here you can listen to the first podcast with Gunnar: GGR adventure of a lifetime.

You can follow the Golden Globe Race 2026 and Gunnar Christensen's race pages.

We have just released our Arctic Sailing Program, and it starts in mid-October with sailing with Whales and Northern Lights above 70 degrees North. Come join us for an experience you will never forget.

I have just released the book The art of hanging by the hook - practical advice on how to anchor. Kindle or print. Your decision. Just buy it and learn how to sleep safely at anchor in wild places.

If you are interested in High Latitude Sailing, I have written a book by the same title together with Bob Shepton. You can buy High Latitude Sailing on Amazon. I am also holding a High Latitude Sailing Course in 2026.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

En kort seiltur på fjorden for noen år siden var alt som skulle til. I vårest kastet Betzy Hansen loss fra Vollen og satt kursen mot Lofoten. Store deler av turen har hun gjort solo, men hun har også tatt med venner og familie langs vår storslagne kyst. Nå er hun i Lofoten og der har hun tenkt å bli over vinteren. Vi tok en prat med den seil- og turglade Betzy.

Hvis du har lyst til å ligge mer på svai denne sommeren, så har jeg akkurat lansert boken Kunsten å ligge på svai. Du finner den på explorenorth.no/books. Her får du praktiske tips til hvordan du skal ankre opp slik at du sover godt om natten.

Denne podcasten er en del av Norges Seilforbunds satsning på turseiling, og ikke minst 100 Nautiske Klubben. Her kan du høre de tidligere podcastene fra Explore North.

Du kan også høre podcastene på din mobil via iTunes, Spotify, YouTube og andre plattformer.

Er du på jakt etter inspirasjon til å seile mer i hjemlige farvann, så anbefales, uten å rødme, boken Norske kystperler – hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst.

Drømmer du om å se knølhvaler og spekkhuggere så kan vi friste med en tur til 70 grader nord i vinter. Der samles hvalene for å meske seg med sild under nordlyset. Sjekk Sail with whales and Northern lights.

Sunday Septembre 6th the starting gun went of in Les Sables d'Olonne and thereby sending 16 solosailors out on a 7-9 months round the world adventure without stops. We sat down with the only female sailor in the fleet Helga Marie Løvenskiold Kveseth, also known as Mara, the day before start. Here is her tale on the adventures that lies ahead of her on the Golden Globe Race 2026.

You can follow her and the other skippers live on GGR 2026 YouTube channel.

We have just released our Arctic Sailing Program, and it starts in mid-October with sailing with Whales and Northern Lights above 70 degrees North. Come join us for an experience you will never forget.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.

Ella Hibbert (29), aka Ella in the Arctic, finished a record-breaking North West Passage solo last year. Now she is back at her boat to finish what she started: A circumnavigation of the Arctic, and she will be heading for the Northern Sea Route at the beginning of August.

Ella's Arctic expedition is officially endorsed by the Scientific Exploration Society and she is also part of The International SeaKeepers Society.

You can, and you should follow her and support her. Check out Ella in the Arctic website.

We have just released our Arctic Sailing Program, and it starts in mid-October with sailing with Whales and Northern Lights above 70 degrees North. Come join us for an experience you will never forget.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.

Johanna Brämersson og Sigurd Tengs la ut på en tre år lang bryllupsseilas med Thindra, en Ansö 42, i 2023. 1170 Instagram-poster og like mange dager senere har de kommet tilbake til Oslo. Turen jorden rundt har satt spor og en appetitt på mer eventyr. Men akkurat nå er det hverdagseventyret som venter på de to. Thindra er lagt ut for salg, så hvis det er noen som er på jakt etter en reiseklar båt som er god for både kulden i Nordvestpassasjen og heten i idylliske atoller i Fransk Polynesia, er det bare å sjekke ut Thindra på Finn.

Du kan også lytte til tidligere podcaster med de: Mot Nordvestpassasjen på bryllupsreise og Thindra gjennom Nordvestpassasjen.

Følg også Sailing Thindra på Instagram.

Hvis du har lyst til å ligge mer på svai denne sommeren, så har jeg akkurat lansert boken Kunsten å ligge på svai. Du finner den på explorenorth.no/books. Her får du praktiske tips til hvordan du skal ankre opp slik at du sover godt om natten.

Denne podcasten er en del av Norges Seilforbunds satsning på turseiling, og ikke minst 100 Nautiske Klubben. Her kan du høre de tidligere podcastene fra Explore North.

Du kan også høre podcastene på din mobil via iTunes, Spotify, YouTube og andre plattformer.

Er du på jakt etter inspirasjon til å seile mer i hjemlige farvann, så anbefales, uten å rødme, boken Norske kystperler – hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst.

Drømmer du om å se knølhvaler og spekkhuggere så kan vi friste med en tur til 70 grader nord i vinter. Der samles hvalene for å meske seg med sild under nordlyset. Sjekk Sail with whales and Northern lights.

The Norwegian solo sailor Erik Aanderaa is a man who lives out his sailing dreams. This summer he has sailed to the Arctic dream landscape Svalbard. We talked to him as he was getting ready to ride out a gale in Kinnvika, all the way north on Nordaustlandet.

You can, and should, follow Erik Aanderaa on his No Bullshit Just Sailing channel, and his Insta-account Erik Aaanderaa.

Do you dream of sailing to Svalbard? Start your preparations with my book Sail to Svalbard - and you can also buy it on Amazon.

We have just released our Arctic Sailing Program, and it starts in mid-October with sailing with Whales and Northern Lights above 70 degrees North. Come join us for an experience you will never forget.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.

Dane Sidse Birk Johannsen, better known as Sisi at Sea, has sailed from Denmark to Lofoten in her C&C 37 this summer. In this podcast she shares her experience, her best anchorages, the rough weather in Sognefjorden, and the glory of sailing among the rocks and skerries on Helgelandskysten, and being part of the Træna Music Festival. Now she is planning to leave her boat in the Arctic and maybe do some winter sailing.

You can follow her on Sisi at Sea. The bilge filter we are talking about is the Wavestream2, which every sailor should have to make sure to clean the bilgewater before it gets pumped overboard.

We have just released our Arctic Sailing Program, and it starts in mid-October with sailing with Whales and Northern Lights above 70 degrees North. Come join us for an experience you will never forget.

Keen on sailing the Norwegian coast? You should be. Read Sail the Norwegian Coast: How and Why you should sail the most beautiful coast in the world – Kindle edition.

If you need information about sailing in the high latitudes check out the book I wrote with Bob Shepton: High Latitude Sailing – Self-sufficient sailing techniques for cold waters and winter seasons.