We have just learned that Peter died unexpectedly yesterday. He was a co-founder and the father of TOPtoTOP.We are in shock and mourn the loss of one of our best friends.Heartfelt condolences and much strength to the whole Storm family, and especially to his wife Bregitte and his daughter Tessa. Read more

Download the TOPtoTOP Annual Report 2022 as a PDF here. Read more

The light in the Arctic has been fading more and more in the last months. It is the time when everything becomes quieter on land, but the fjords around Lyngen are full of life, teeming with herring. With the shoals of herring come the whales. During this time, we tried to get local students excited… Read more

This year was a very difficult year. The weather and sea conditions were special: the permanent high pressure areas over Greenland and Europe forced the extended low pressure areas in rapid succession from the North Atlantic into the Arctic waters between northern Norway, Jan Mayen and Greenland. This special weather constellation not only led to… Read more

Are glaciers on Jan Mayen a source of elements to marine ecosystems? (Jon Hawkings, Jacob Yde and Siri Engen) This August, myself (Dr. Jon Hawkings) along with my colleague Siri Engen will be travelling with TOPtoTOP on Pachamama to carry out marine and land based water sampling on and around Jan Mayen island. Our project,… Read more

BASE for TOPtoTOP’s campaign “SAVE THE ARCTIC“ Our objective is to build: THE best ZERO-Energy House in the Arctic: “If we can prove that zero emissions is possible in the high Arctic, it is possible everywhere thanks to innovative products and technologies!” Like its role model at sea, the TOPtoTOP expedition sailboat “Pachamama“, the “TOP… Read more