Iridium 9555 satellite phone

If you’re someone who makes arctic expeditions or wants to sleep in an ice hotel, you’ll want to keep in touch with the outside world and with basecamp.
In that context, you can make good use of the Iridium 9555 satellite phone.
This phone is ideal when the regular phone runs out of coverage or refuses service due to circumstances.
With the Iridium 9555 satellite phone, you know you’ll always have coverage no matter where you are, on a Northern Lights trip or an overnight stay in an ice hotel.

With the Iridium 9555, you simply have coverage everywhere

With the Iridium 9555 satellite phone, you have coverage everywhere.
The network is considered one of the best networks in the world and always gives you the best coverage whether you are in Greenland, Norway, Sweden, or the North or South Pole.
The Iridium 9555 satellite phone never refuses service.
However, it is wise to always place this phone in a protective case.
Attach a string to it that makes it just a little easier to grab the phone.
With that string, you can also possibly hang the phone in the tent.
Handy so to attach a string.

Handy for attaching a string to the satellite phone

That’s how you hang the phone in the tent at night.
Always bring a smartphone, too, because you can obviously take the best pictures with it.
The disadvantage of the regular smartphone, however, is that they refuse service in temperatures of minus fifteen or minus twenty.
Thing is, a smartphone is always cheaper than using a satellite phone like the Iridium 9555.
Provided you have cell phone coverage of course….
With that in mind, it is useful to pick up an old Nokia.
These also defy just about all temperatures and when you have coverage, you can always make calls with this Nokia.

The Iridium 9555 satellite phone is very light and wonderfully compact

The Iridium 9555 satellite phone is a lightweight and compact phone.
Moreover, it is a phone that is easy to use.
During a vacation to the Northern Lights, this satellite phone functions under just about any conditions.
The network works worldwide and the phone has all the voice and data features you would expect from such a phone.
The Iridium 9555 offers up to four hours of talk time and up to 30 hours of standby.
The modern versions of this satellite phone has greatly improved text messaging and e-mail functions in addition, and it also features an integrated speaker.
The mini-USB port has also been greatly upgraded.

For yourself and the compassionate ones left behind

It is nice that when you are on an expedition you can still keep in touch with those left behind and/or keep in touch with base camp.
This applies both to yourself and the compassionate ones left behind.
By the way, there are many providers of such phones.
If you choose Iridium, at least you are choosing a provider with worldwide coverage, in Norway, on a trip to Sweden or during a Northern Lights trip.
And that, of course, is one of the most important aspects when choosing a particular satellite phone provider.
Not for nothing do more and more people who go on expeditions choose this very brand.

Below you can read the transcript of the video recorded by Henk-Jan Geel about the expedition materials.

‘In this video, I’m going to talk a bit about the communications equipment I take with me on arctic expeditions.
The expedition that I do are often in areas where there is no coverage there of a cell phone and so it is useful in another way yes still be able to keep communication with the home front or with basecamp and for that I have a satellite phone with me I have a satellite phone with me of the brand Iridium.
Those in the places I go have that coverage.
There are multiple brands of satellite phone there are also multiple satellite firms with different coverage, but this one, the Iridium network, at least has coverage in Greenland, in Norway, in Sweden, North Pole, South Pole, areas where I go.
I put it in a protective case then the satellite phone itself stays protected as much as possible only that case that’s going to look a little different and there’s a string on it so yes I can grip the phone easier even with a with a glove on and I can hang the phone in the tent if necessary.
So that’s the satellite phone.
I also have a smartphone with me to take pictures and to call an area where I do have coverage, but the phone a smartphone is hearty fun only at -10 or -15 then the battery stops the with it and for that I also have a very old Nokia with me.
That battery continues to work fine if it is cold that battery still works fine and the moment the battery of my smartphone is completely empty the I can turn on my Nokia and in areas where I do have normal coverage, I transfer the SIM card and then I can use the Nokia I can just call if necessary this is often a lot cheaper than calling with a satellite phone.
But these are the two ways I have to at least keep in touch by phone with the home front ‘