ArcticTropic recently made a trip around the world, The takeoffs and landings are as follows : Miami – Berlin – Barcelona – Valencia – Zurich – Beijing – Ulanbaataar – Guilin – Hong Kong – Tokyo – Dallas – Miami.

After the ATTA convention in Lucerne, ArcticTropic flew from Zurich to Belgrade via Vienna .

Over Alpine Austria.

On the Dash 8 from Vienna to Belgrade. An extremely hard landing !

On a dark rainy night, it was great to have an excellent Serbian meal for a little more than the cost of a cup of coffee in Switzerland.

Today’s Day of Adventure took us 3020 Meters ( 10000 feet) to the top the Engelberg Glacier. After donning crampons and harnesses we rappelled 15 meters inside a vertical cave in the ice.

It was difficult to shoot and hang on to the line at the same time. Reminder to get the GoPro !

The scenery is incredible.

We then climbed up a 15 meter ice wall in a crevas. My first time !

Rappelling down is easy;

The Engelberg Glacier never melts. Today’s temperature was in the 20s F ( -5 C) while in the valleys below it was in the 60s.

This evening ArcticTropic departs from Miami for Zurich to participate in the Adventure Travel World Summit in Lucerne. At the end of next week, we move on to Belgrade, Serbia ,exploring Serbia, then Bulgaria and finally arriving in Istanbul ,Turkey. There will be daily updates.

Many of you have explored the new ArcticTropic during the soft launch of the last couple of weeks. During this time dead links have been eliminated,advertising packages updated and preparation for the big public launch at the ATTA Convention in Lucerne,Switzerland has begun. ArcticTropic departs for Switzerland next Saturday night,October 6th.