Comments on: At the end of the world….. http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/ Lorum Ipsum tagline Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Peter http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4573 Peter Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:45:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4573 Spitzbergen was famous in Sean Connery's movie, The Red Tent. This was about the Italian attempt to reach the North Pole by airship. This is where Raold Amudsen was lost trying to locate the downed airship. Disappearance and death Amundsen monument in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayAmundsen disappeared on 18 June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission with Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot René Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen, looking for missing members of Nobile's crew, whose new airship Italia had crashed while returning from the North Pole. Afterwards, a wing-float and bottom gasoline tank from the French Latham 47 flying boat he was in, improvised into a replacement wing-float, was found near the Tromsø coast. It is believed that the plane crashed in fog in the Barents Sea, and that Amundsen was killed in the crash, or died shortly afterwards. His body was never found. The search for Amundsen was called off in September by the Norwegian Government. In 2003 it was suggested that the plane went down northwest of Bear Island.[citation needed]Both in 2004 and in late August 2009 an unsuccessful search was made by the Royal Norwegian Navy for the wreckage of Amundsen's plane, using the unmanned submarine Hugin 1000. The search focused on a 40-square-mile (100 km2) area of the sea floor, and was documented by the German production company ContextTV.[14][ Spitzbergen was famous in Sean Connery’s movie, The Red Tent. This was about the Italian attempt to reach the North Pole by airship. This is where Raold Amudsen was lost trying to locate the downed airship.

Disappearance and death Amundsen monument in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, NorwayAmundsen disappeared on 18 June 1928 while flying on a rescue mission with Norwegian pilot Leif Dietrichson, French pilot René Guilbaud, and three more Frenchmen, looking for missing members of Nobile’s crew, whose new airship Italia had crashed while returning from the North Pole. Afterwards, a wing-float and bottom gasoline tank from the French Latham 47 flying boat he was in, improvised into a replacement wing-float, was found near the Tromsø coast. It is believed that the plane crashed in fog in the Barents Sea, and that Amundsen was killed in the crash, or died shortly afterwards. His body was never found. The search for Amundsen was called off in September by the Norwegian Government. In 2003 it was suggested that the plane went down northwest of Bear Island.[citation needed]Both in 2004 and in late August 2009 an unsuccessful search was made by the Royal Norwegian Navy for the wreckage of Amundsen’s plane, using the unmanned submarine Hugin 1000. The search focused on a 40-square-mile (100 km2) area of the sea floor, and was documented by the German production company ContextTV.[14][

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4556 Anonymous Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:19:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4556 Same front corner Lights as a facelift original 9k MY89-91 Same front corner Lights as a facelift original 9k MY89-91

]]> By: A Bretz http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4555 A Bretz Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:56:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4555 I wonder if there might be a Saab in Alert, Canada, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world (a little over 82 deg N)?  That would trump Spitsbergen by a good 4 deg !Would be interesting to know the history of this Spit Saab.  Anyone up to a little trek to get the serial number? I wonder if there might be a Saab in Alert, Canada, the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world (a little over 82 deg N)?  That would trump Spitsbergen by a good 4 deg !Would be interesting to know the history of this Spit Saab.  Anyone up to a little trek to get the serial number?

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4553 Anonymous Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:31:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4553 I visited Longyearbyen in Spitsbergen last year in october and the only SAAB i saw there was a relatively new 9-3 SportCombi! Typical cars there are all sorts of 4-wheel-drives so a premium ordinary car is not very typical there at all. Despite that there are not so many kilometres of roads up there, the amount of cars up there surprised me! Because there is a risk of polar bears in Spitsbergen, everybody seems to have a car (and a ski-doo too!). I visited Longyearbyen in Spitsbergen last year in october and the only SAAB i saw there was a relatively new 9-3 SportCombi! Typical cars there are all sorts of 4-wheel-drives so a premium ordinary car is not very typical there at all. Despite that there are not so many kilometres of roads up there, the amount of cars up there surprised me! Because there is a risk of polar bears in Spitsbergen, everybody seems to have a car (and a ski-doo too!).

]]> By: Rune Moberg http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4549 Rune Moberg Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:03:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4549 I suspect the reason for the exhaust system being on the road is due to the clamps rusting off..? In Norway we use a lot of salt on the roads. But Spitsbergen might be an exception to the rule. They use a lot of scooters and probably do not bother with salt. Maybe we should start a rescue effort and see if we can get that 900 started again? I suspect the reason for the exhaust system being on the road is due to the clamps rusting off..? In Norway we use a lot of salt on the roads. But Spitsbergen might be an exception to the rule. They use a lot of scooters and probably do not bother with salt.

Maybe we should start a rescue effort and see if we can get that 900 started again?

]]> By: PlumLoopy http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4547 PlumLoopy Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4547 I bet with some fresh gas and a good battery, that car would start.   I bet I could fire a few bullets into that engine first and it would still start. I bet with some fresh gas and a good battery, that car would start.   I bet I could fire a few bullets into that engine first and it would still start.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4546 Anonymous Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:37:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4546 Man, I really hate it when you drive over something and the muffler gets torn off --but it happens all the time when there are no roads. I think there's an old 2 -stroke 95 up on top of those mountains! Man, I really hate it when you drive over something and the muffler gets torn off –but it happens all the time when there are no roads.
I think there’s an old 2 -stroke 95 up on top of those mountains!

]]> By: Chip Lamb http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4537 Chip Lamb Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:23:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4537 It's probably rust-free! Save the 5-door! It’s probably rust-free! Save the 5-door!

]]> By: Rune Moberg http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4533 Rune Moberg Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:15:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4533 A quick glance in google earth does not reveal too many roads in Greenland. There are both cars and roads in Nuuk, but that is quite a bit south. I could not spot any roads leading out of Nuuk. A quick glance in google earth does not reveal too many roads in Greenland. There are both cars and roads in Nuuk, but that is quite a bit south. I could not spot any roads leading out of Nuuk.

]]> By: Anonymous http://inside.saab.com/at-the-end-of-the-world/#comment-4517 Anonymous Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:22:00 +0000 http://inside.saab.com/?p=3564#comment-4517 Brilliant yet melancholy. Brilliant yet melancholy.

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