Yule Tide in New York

Times Square #2.34 in Times Square New York, John Olof Vinterhav, December 5, 2013

Times Square
#2.34 in Times Square New York, John Olof Vinterhav, December 5, 2013

Admittedly, there is not much snow at HQ at the moment and we are not likely to get any more before Christmas. How lucky then that Moonhouse #2.34 brings back some of that wintery feeling. The house carries the thin snowflakes all the way from Times Square in New York to HQ and to everywhere else around the globe in need of that special Yule ambiance.

The wintry imagery is brought to us by John-Olof Vinterhav with co-explorer Ulla Vinterhav from their expedition to New York in the beginning of December, 2013.

Thank you for getting us into that special holiday spirit John-Olof and Ulla. Congratulations to the successful expedition. We wish you fair winds for your coming adventures.

Moonhouse Marathon

Moonhouse  Marathon. #2.38 with Magnus Steen at Helsingborg Marathon running from Kusikhjälpen in Helsingborg December 15, 2013

Moonhouse Marathon.
#2.38 with Magnus Steen at Helsingborg Marathon running from Musikhjälpen in Helsingborg December 15, 2013

With light weight and slim constitution you may say that the Moonhouse is predisposed for running Marathons. Magnus Steen has gone on to test the hypothesis and found that this is indeed the case.

On December 15, Moonhouse #2.38 became a part of the great Marathon movement when it participated in the fundraising event Musikhjälpen where Helsingborg Marathon contributed by running 1 km per raised 100 SEK, (c:a 11€).

Congratulations Magnus to your successful expedition! We wish you fair winds for your coming adventures!

Congratulations!

#2.33 Falun  Emil Vinterhav och Mikael Genberg

#2.33 Falun
Emil Vinterhav och Mikael Genberg

Today we celebrate the 1st anniversary of the very first Moonhouse expedition. The expedition made landfall on one of the two summits of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, the one in Kronobergsparken.

The Moonhouse Expedition has since made landfall on and a number of yet to be reported summits of Europe and, notably, on Kilimanjaro. The expedition has also reached summits of more metaphysical nature such as the church of nativity in Bethlehem and the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem,  highlights in art with Picasso paintings, historical moments in sports, when Nadal was eliminated from Wimbledon and more and more. The Expedition is well into the task of making the red house with white corners ubiquitous around the globe.

Right at this moment, there are active expeditions to great mountains, to underwater wonders, to tropical paradises and to amazing feats of human endurance.  No doubt, the holiday season will fill in even more white areas on the map, be it geographical of metaphysical, and bring otherwise  hidden aspects of the world out into the shining light for all of use to share and to admire.

Also, we shall not forget the very exciting expedition of Moonhouse #2.33 is making today when the expedition is aiming for landfall in the home of red, Falun from where the red signature colour of the red house with white corners comes.

With this said, this anniversary would not be even closely to as interesting without the dedicated efforts by all the Moonhouse Explorers. A good, great Thank You is the least we can to offer for your selfless efforts and fair winds for your coming expeditions.

#2.38 on its way

Moonhouse #2.38 before shipping to Magnus Steen and The Marathon

Moonhouse #2.38 before shipping to Magnus Steen and The Marathon

Today Moonhouse #2.38 was shipped to Magnus Steen in Helsingborg. Magnus will be running already tomorrow but the house will in all likelihood reach Helsingbord in good time for Mangnus’ last third of the run which he will be running on Thursday.

Check our Helsingborg Marathon Running for Muskhjälpen!

We wish Magnus fast feet and fair wind on his coming adventure.

#2.29 Hong Kong

#2.29 in Hong Kong Lotta Liljelund November 30, 2013

#2.29 in Hong Kong
Lotta Liljelund November 30, 2013

Lotta Liljelund is exploring the four corners of the world with Moonhouse #2.29. Recently the expedition landed in Brazil. Now it has reached the far east as Lottas expedition explores Hong Kong in the South China Sea.

Congratulations Lotta on your successful expedition and fair winds for your coming adventures!

The all-new #X.1 underwater design

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On Monday, November 25, Moonhouse #X.1 of the all-new experimental underwater design was placed in the keep of seasoned explorer Robin Lilja in anticipation of an upcoming diving expedition to Indonesia in December.

#X.1 has been extensively tested for submersion also into unfriendly environments. In the image above it is seen in a setup testing the compatibility with 10 yo Glenfarclas concluding that for future similar expeditions the varnish need to be more resilient to this liquid.

The whiskey test was the second submergence test and it was done to see if the design was suitable to use as a non-melting ice-cube. The test failed as it made the whiskley taste bad. The first submergence test was to establish that the model had negative bouyancy and that it did not dissolve in water.

We wish Robin fair winds on his diving expedition and look forward to learning more about it in reports to come.

The Moonhouse at the Underwater Room in Tanzania

House on the sand bank

House on the sand bank in Pemba, Tanzania. Emil Vinterhav February 2013

You will not have missed how the Underwater Room at the Manta resort in Tanzania has created quite a buzz in media world wide over the last few days (c.f. BBC, SvD, Hindustan Times, Yahoo, Huffington Post, Gizmodo, Skift, CNN, Fox News etc.).

The Underwater Room was conceived by Mikael Genberg, the very same artist that conceived the idea of placing a house on the moon. Moonhouse #2.10 explored the Manta Resort and Pemba in February 2013, when the Underwater Room was still under construction.  Be sure to check out the report!

Landfall in South America!

#2.29 Ipanema, Brazil Lotta Liljelund, November 2013.

#2.29 Ipanema, Brazil
Lotta Liljelund, November 2013.

Finally! After a full year of exploring the world, the Expedition reached South America at last. In November 2013 Moonhouse #2.29 on an expedition with Lotta Liljelund became the first Moonhouse expedition to explore South America when it made landfall on Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Congratulations to your successful expedition Lotta and fair winds on your coming adventures!

The stream of International Trade.

International Trade Cicci Rikanovic, World Trade Center, November 2013.

International Trade
Cicci Rikanovic, World Trade Center, November 2013.

Cicci Rikanovic continues to bring Moonhouse #2.25 on expeditions to innovative destinations. Following the expedition to international diplomacy, Cicci has brought the house into the stream of international trade with a landfall at the World Trade Center in Stockholm on November 11, 2013.

Cicci writes

Trade policy tools are also required to get The Moonhouse to the right platce – The Moon itself

Congratualtions to your successful expediton Cicci and fair winds for your coming adventures.

Cooling off in the South China Sea

Ha Long Bay #2.24 Stefan Lundin in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. November 10, 2013

Ha Long Bay
#2.24 Stefan Lundin in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. November 10, 2013

On the Vietnamese expedition Stefan and Moonhouse #2.24 made (or maybe failed to make) landfall in Ha Long Bay on November 10.

Stefan writes cryptically:

Ha Long Bay was, exactly as everything else, fantastic. The water was around 26 degrees. I have swum in a lagoon and met Mochba. Tonight I have jumped over bamboo canes to the tunes of drums and falsetto song.

Congratulations on your continuing success on the Vietnames expedition Stefan and fair winds for your coming adventures.