 Together with Sørli he travelled to Inverness by train, and to Shetland by plane, under stormy weather conditions.They initially set out with the fishing boat "Harald II" from Scalloway in late February, but due to unusually stormy weather they were driven back to Shetland three times after three unsuccessful attempts to reach Ålesund; the last attempt destroyed their equipment as the boat was bursted open.They had their equipment replaced, and set out for Kristiansund in March instead on a bigger boat.