{"id":13490,"date":"2021-02-18T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T09:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/arctic-happenings-a-back-and-forward-look-from-hen-jan\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T07:22:45","slug":"arctic-happenings-a-back-and-forward-look-from-hen-jan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/arctic-happenings-a-back-and-forward-look-from-hen-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Happenings &#8211; A look back and forward by Henk-Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3876 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arctic-adventure-happenings.png\" alt=\"Arcti Adventure Happenings Newsletter\" width=\"1200\" height=\"336\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arctic-adventure-happenings.png 1200w, https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arctic-adventure-happenings-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arctic-adventure-happenings-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arctic-adventure-happenings-705x197.png 705w, https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/arctic-adventure-happenings-450x126.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Newsletter from Arctic Adventure dated December 27, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Clamping days. That&#8217;s what they call it in Sweden.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe days between Christmas and New Year&#8217;s Eve.<br \/>\nThese are the days when I look back at eating just a little too much during Christmas.<br \/>\nThe just overpriced and many gifts and the overflowing Christmas tree with red, gold and blue baubles.<br \/>\nJust because I couldn&#8217;t choose and I actually like everything.<\/p>\n<p>But also the days when I look ahead to the new year.<br \/>\nIn these five days remaining, not much will change from the previous period.<br \/>\nBut I can look ahead and make good intentions for 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>What could I do better? What do I want different?  <\/strong><br \/>\nAnd with a full stomach, I quickly think of eating less and exercising more&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>But the longer I think about it, the more it begins to dawn on me.<br \/>\nMaybe it&#8217;s not just clamping days.<br \/>\nI think we&#8217;ve been stuck all year.<br \/>\n<strong>And so I actually look back at a clip year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A year in which we actually came to a standstill. Have had to wait and see.<br \/>\nAnd sometimes sat at the computer in frustration for yet another Zoom consultation.<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll be the last one to say it didn&#8217;t apply to me.<br \/>\n<strong>I have been terribly annoyed at times.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But as I write this and look back, it is also a year of reflection.<br \/>\nLooking back on the much eating (Consuming) of previous years.<br \/>\nI will not say that the current corona situation is because of that. I am not a virologist.<br \/>\nBut I myself did start thinking about how things could be done differently.<br \/>\nAnd then a year of downtime is actually not so bad at all.<br \/>\n<strong>Time enough to think.<\/strong><br \/>\nTime enough to look ahead and make plans.<br \/>\nWhat could I do better? What do I want different?<\/p>\n<p>My conclusion?<br \/>\nIn my opinion, we need less mass, more <strong>personal<\/strong>. Less distant, more <strong>local<\/strong>. Less city, more <strong>nature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To do that, I&#8217;m going to do 4 things<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Starting this summer, I will also be offering summer trips.<br \/>\nSmall scale. Personal. Close by and in nature. Of course still in the Arctic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Think gold prospecting in <strong>Finland <\/strong>during the<strong>&#8220;Finish Gold Rush<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Relax in <strong>Sweden <\/strong>during the<strong>&#8220;Hike &amp; Canoe trek<\/strong>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Volcanoes and hot springs in <strong>Iceland <\/strong>during the<strong>&#8216;Water &amp; Fire expedition<\/strong>&#8216;<br \/>\nWant to know more?  <a href=\"mailto:henkjan@arcticadventure.nl?subject=Info%20over%20de%20zomer%20reizen&amp;body=Tell%20me%20more%20over%20de%20zomerreizen%20%3A-)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email me for a sneak preview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We now also <strong>rent out <\/strong>our (exedition) equipment so you can get out into nature independently.<br \/>\nProfessional and well-maintained equipment with personal advice.<br \/>\nCheck out our assortment of gear here.<\/li>\n<li>Winter <strong>2021-2022<\/strong> expeditions will be more beautiful and intense.<\/li>\n<li>And. you can put together your own <strong>customized &#8220;expedition&#8221; <\/strong>by mutual agreement.<br \/>\nFor example, for a lustrum anniversary.  <a href=\"mailto:henkjan@arcticadventure.nl?subject=Info%20over%20de%20zomer%20reizen&amp;body=Tell%20me%20more%20over%20de%20zomerreizen%20%3A-)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Email me for a sneak preview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Just goes to show that a period of stagnation need not be a decline.<br \/>\n<strong>But you have to stand still to turn.<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s what I did.<\/p>\n<p>I look back on an extraordinary year and look forward to a bright future.<\/p>\n<div>For 2021, I wish you, your loved ones and loved ones much agility.<br \/>\nBut above all, lots of wild adventures and health.<\/div>\n<h2><a title=\"Overview of Expedition Tours 2021\" href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/\">Expedition tours overview<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsletter from Arctic Adventure dated December 27, 2020 Clamping days. That&#8217;s what they call it in Sweden. The days between Christmas and New Year&#8217;s Eve. These are the days when I look back at eating just a little too much during Christmas. The just overpriced and many gifts and the overflowing Christmas tree with red, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[298],"tags":[299],"class_list":["post-13490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings-en","tag-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}