Arctic Kites

Click here to watch the team training and the expedition!

After years of dreaming and more recently 18 months of planning, preparation and training the time has finally arrived! With one sleep left to go (and some of you will remember when there were several hundred!) we set off for Greenland this weekend to cross the second largest icecap in the world. We plan to start the 640km crossing ~Wednesday next week from Nagtivit on the East coast, and weather permitting, we should arrive in Ilulisat on the west coast ~mid May.

We have been humbled by the level of support that we have received in preparing for the expedition and we are very much indebted and grateful for all the help and assistance that people have provided to get us this far.

We will be taking a satellite phone on the expedition that we will use to keep the blog up to date and you will be able to keep track of our progress on this map that will be updated with our latest position! You are also able to send messages to the team via email!

While Chris and Rachel have been dragging tyres through the snow in the woods, Flip has been dragging tyres along Bondi Beach in Sydney! To find out more about Flip’s aspirations click here!

Unbelievable pictures from Antarctica show penguins in a whole new light! We’ll be seeing them in the Arctic next!

The international team used the training week in Finse to full advantage, going through the expedition plans, routes and equipment in detail. It was fantastic to all get together and share each other’s excitement in the forthcoming adventure!

US scientists have confirmed that the Arctic sea ice has shrunk to its smallest area on record this year.

The International Polar Year (IPY) is a large scientific programme focused on the Arctic and the Antarctic from March 2007 to March 2009.
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