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Ice-X Biking

ATB-expeditions by Ice-X

Iceland 2004
800 km by ATB round Iceland, northbound

Ramon at the finish in Egilstadir 10 February 2004 Ramon Sijmons and Boris Krielen start their unique expedition Iceland 2004: 800 kilometer by ATB across north iceland.

January 1997 Boris made it around the south. This time the northern part of Iceland is the goal. More mountains, high mountainpasses, bad roads, 250 kilometers of rocky desert, blasting winds, icy rain, snow, thick layers of ice on the road. A great new challenge! Read more »

Dutch Iceland Expedition 1997**
800 km by ATB round Iceland, southbound

Boris on Iceland January 1997 Boris biked the southern half of Iceland solo by ATB. A truck put this expedition to a sudden halt.

A monstertour on Iceland. Through the snowstorms along the south coast. In wintertime. During the polarnight. At -20°C. By bike. Read more »

Dutch North Cape Expedition 1995**
2.500 km by ATB to northern Finland

Boris at the ATB's and the carts March 1995 Sven van Asperen and Boris Krielen biked fromThe Netherlands to northern Finland by ATB.

The goal was to bike to the North Cape unsupported. Problems with the equipment and medical conditions made a change for the worse. Read more »

Dutch North Cape Expedition 1993**
Arctic Bike: 4.000 km by ATB to the North Cape, Norway

Monument on the North Cape December 1993 and January 1994 Boris biked solo by ATB from The Netherlands to the (symbolic) northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape in Norway.

Frozen feet and spectacular lightshows, screaming wind and endless forests, meters high icycles and slippery descents. Read more »


** These expeditions have taken place before the establishment of the Ice-X Foundation on December 21st 2000.



Boris (left) and Ramon at the signpost on the northern polar circle on the island Grimsey, Iceland, February 2004

Boris (left) and Ramon at the signpost on the northern polar circle on the island Grimsey, Iceland, February 2004