Jon Amtrup (born 1968) is a Norwegian author, journalist and sailor. He has written Havneguiden 4 Bergen-Kirkenes (Skagerrak Forlag, 2010), Ramsalt – Shetland Race 25 år (2010),

Sail to Svalbard A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may be m ...

(Skagerrak Forlag, 2011),

Kong Harald V – seileren som ble en av gutta Kong may refer to: Places * Kong Empire (1710–1895), a former African state covering north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire and much of Burkina Faso * Kong, Iran, a city on the Persian Gulf * Kong, Shandong (), a town in Laoling, Shandong, China * Kong, I ...

(Skagerrak Forlag, 2012), High Latitude Sailing: How to sail the cold waters of the world (Explore North, 2014) and Norske Kystperler - hvordan og hvorfor seile verdens vakreste kyst (Explore North, 2015). He has an extensive sailing background including two

Transatlantic crossing Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between Western Europe and North America. Centuries ...

s, seven

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

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Shetland Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...

races, a lot of solo- and double-handed sailing in Norway and the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

. The last five years he has sailed the Norwegian coast a number of times and also circumnavigated

Svalbard Svalbard ( , ), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norway, Norwegian archipelago that lies at the convergence of the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean. North of continental Europe, mainland Europe, it lies about midway be ...

. He often assists other sailors who ventures into the high latitudes. He is a member of The Explorers Club and Royal Geographical Society. He has studied journalism, political science, Eastern European history and sociology. Amtrup runs the adventure company

Explore North Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery. Organised exploration is largely a human activity, but exploratory activity is common to most organisms capable of directed locomotion and the abilit ...

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20110826021955/http://amtrup.seilmagasinet.no/ *http://explorenorth.no/ 1968 births Norwegian male writers Norwegian sailors 21st-century Norwegian journalists Living people {{norway-journalist-stub