(Post 1 of 3) Welcome to Jan Mayen. Maybe you’ve never heard of it. This is a Norwegian territory at 71°N, and it’s 500km east of East Greenland, 600km north of Iceland and 1000 km southwest of Svalbard. The island is 54 kms long, and 18 people live here. On the island you will find:…
(Post 2 of 3) A thirteen month post on Jan Mayen with be the “grand finale” of Wiggo Johansen’s career. He is the station commander and a member of the Norwegian Air Force. What does he like best on Jan Mayen? “The stillness. At home you have to drive in line and shop in line….
(Post 3 of 3) Meet Jan Mayen’s nurse, Siw Landro. She arrived in March of 2015 after years of dreaming about this place. Siw was born and raised in #longyearbyen, #svalbard. Her father worked for the coal mine there, and her mother had a laundry. Siw has a partner and family back home, but Jan…