Expeditions with eye for environment

February 10, 2004 Ramon Sijmons and Boris Krielen started their unique expedition "Iceland 2004": 800 kilometer by ATB around north Iceland. On February 24 the team reached Egilsstadir, the end of their route. We were the second team that biked this part of Iceland in wintertime.

January 1997 Boris was the first to bike solo around the south coast in wintertime, during the Dutch Iceland Expedition 1997.

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!

The route

The route follows the nr. 1, Icelands main road that goes all around the island. On most parts of the route the road is in pretty good condition, but further away it can get worse, ending with some long stretches of gravel road in the north east. And with that comes the risk that roads can be covered with solid ice, maiking it extremely hard to bike.

Distance table

Route	Distance	Cumulatif
Kevlavik	0	0
Reykjavik	48	48
Borgarnes	116	164
Blunduos	178	342
Varmahlid	58	400
Akureyri	102	502
Reykjalid	107	609
Egilsstadir	177	786

Watch Iceland live!

• Live webcam, Akureyri (km 502)

• Webcam in Akureyri (km 502)

• Webcam in Egilsstadir (end)

• Weather and roadconditions on Iceland

Biking for CliniClowns

The expedition Iceland 2004 is the first of the project 'Biking for CliniClowns'. All kilometers of the trip will be sold for 1 euro each. Buy a km and become a donor on Ice-X.nl. For 25 km you'll even receive a special donor certificate. All revenue is for the Dutch CliniClowns Foundation.

More about the project Biking for CliniClowns »

Jens Hegler & Jakob Maercker first to bike around Iceland in winter

Jens Hegler & Jakob Maercker were the first ones to bike around Iceland in wintertime, Februari-March 2003. Read all about it and see photos on their website.

Jens Hegler & Jakob Maercker on the mountainpass on the south coast near Höfn