It may not be a “historic feat,” as Red Bull tries to sell it, but it’s definitely cool to watch extreme kayaker Aniol Serrasolses run a glacial flume, then catapult over a 20m ice wall into the ocean. The action took place last summer on Svalbard, the High Arctic archipelago north of Norway.
Serrasolses launches off Svalbard’s Austfonna ice cap. Photo: David Sodomka/Red Bull
The Catalan kayaker and his team trekked 11 kilometers across the Austfonna ice cap to access the meltwater stream. After launching, Serrasolses briefly went through an ice tunnel before it disgorged the kayaker off a 20m waterfall and into the frigid ocean.
Check out the video here.
Photo: David Sodomka/Red Bull
