After months of meticulous planning and weeks of careful preparation, the time is nearly here. Our Isuzu D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35 Demonstrator is finally fully kitted out with all the equipment we hope we will ever need, and it is now sporting some striking expedition-ready graphics. Take a peek at our final vehicle build.

With our AT35 fully equipped and packed up for the trip. Gareth and his co-driver Darren take to the road for the first stage of their epic trip to Iceland. Mainland Europe flashes by in a blur as the boys head to Hirtshals in Denmark to take the ferry across the North and Norwegian Seas to Seydisfjordur on the East coast of Iceland. As they hit the open water the sheer magnitude of the journey ahead registers – join them as they head ‘HFG Norse Bound’.

On our last instalment of HFG Norse Bound, after a week of travel Gareth and Darren and our Isuzu D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35 had successfully docked in Iceland, but then mother nature took over with unseasonably heavy snowstorms and blizzards causing all kinds of mayhem, the expedition hangs by a thread, will they make it out of the port town or will the adventure end in disaster.

After surviving the mountain pass and the treacherous road journey in the dark that followed it, Gareth and Darren had planned to be in Reykjavik ready to collect Martin our official ‘Norse Bound’ Photographer from the airport. However, with his plane due to land at 11am, they were still 8 hours away. A cross-country trek from coast to coast ensues to finally get the expedition up and running, free from the unforgiving mercies of the winter weather. Will they make it in time? Or will Martin be left stranded?

With the band all together, we got down to the serious business of exploring Iceland whilst testing out the true capabilities of the Isuzu D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35. But as we have come to find out all best-made plans sometimes go awry, and as we rounded a bend in the road, we found a stricken Jeep 4×4 stuck in the snow. Finally able to utilise some of our added ARB accessories we put to the task with a winch and shovel. As the temperatures dropped, find out if Gareth and Darren managed to rescue the stricken vehicle and its passengers!

After the rescue heroics of last time, the boys head back west to meet up with David from Arctic Trucks Iceland. Promising a day of true Icelandic Off Roading, the Isuzu D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35 could be in for its toughest challenge yet!

As the boys edged ever closer to the Volcano, anticipation was at an all-time high. With the tyres on the Isuzu D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35 deflated to lower PSIs to help combat the rocky terrain they set off into the foothills. Join them as they wind in and out of the rocky terrain climbing higher and higher up into the clouds, how will the AT35 handle the snow and ice on the side of a mountain and what awaits at the top of the world?

Gareth and Darren go driving at the top of the world, testing out just how well the Isuzu D-Max Arctic Trucks AT35 handles in the snowy terrain of Iceland’s highlands. The boys encounter some deep snow drifts on the descent down the Volcano and round off the day perilously crossing a frozen expanse of water, ice cracking all around them!

In the FINAL EPISODE of HFG Norse Bound. Gareth, Darren and Martin go in search of the fabled Aurora Borealis. Find out if the boys saw this amazing natural wonder, Earth’s greatest show!