2009 Expeditions & A New Website! After a really busy season, we've spent the last month developing and finalising all those ideas we had over the last year - new mountain ranges to visit, routes to ski and fiords to paddle - in a nutshell, all that inspires us to explore this magical place. Over the next month, we'll be updating the site with the new expedition programme. At the same time, we'll be changing each page to the new website - we hope you like it and that you can join us next year!
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| 1 place free on Ski Tour. We currently have one place free on the expedition team heading in to ski-tour from a comfortable basecamp on Apusiajiik. Beautiful peaks, views of the fjords and perhaps even the Northern Lights make for a magic trip. Click here for more info and please contact the office if you'd like to join up. |
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| Greenland Film Project - Glacier Mills. Photos from a recent shoot on the Icecap. Click here. |
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| Icecap Expedition spring '08. We're currently finalising teams for our full, coast-to-coast Greenland crossing. There look to be 2 guided teams skiing and a further one kiting. If you would be interested in joining one of these teams, please contact us as soon as possible. |
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| East Greenland by Expedition Yacht. In 2008, we're launching a major new expedition in the short window when it's possible to navigate the waters of arctic East Greenland. On the comfortable 60 ft. yacht Aurora, we'll set sail from Iceland with everything needed for a completely self-sufficient expedition to the ultra remote and uninhabited coast of Arctic East Greenland. Making landfall, we'll have the chance to explore the coastal mountains and kayaks will be carried to venture into the fjords. More info here. |
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| New Expeditions on the way! At GES, we're very passionate about bringing adventure to the fore in Greenland - whether that be following in Nansen's footsteps on a full, coast-to-coast crossing (instead of flying high onto the Icecap by helicopter), driving dogsleds to make a new route on some remote peak, or on any of our other projects. Keep a look-out for the new 2008 trips as they appear. |
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| Icecap Expedition Update. The teams are now all off the Ice. Pat Falvey and his Irish Beyond Endurance team, together with the GES expedition, have now successfully reached the West Coast after battling notably bad conditions. Well done! A third independent team travelling to a point near Ilulissat worked hard to push on, calling for a food drop a short way from the finish line. In a dramatic turn of events, one of the three team members took a crevasse fall and was rescued very efficiently by his team mates. Luckily he wasn't hurt but the loss of some essential equipment dictated an early lift within a short distance of land. |
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| Summer Icecap Crossings. More teams set out from the east coast near Ammassalik in early August, bound for Kangerlussuaq in East Greenland. It's a truly international group with members from the UK, the US, Belgium and Ireland, including the esteemed Irish mountaineers Pat Flavey and Clare O'Leary. They've found it tough going but have made steady progress and are expected to make landfall in West Greenland within the next couple of weeks. Read dispatches from Pat's tem here. |
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Icecap Crossings - teams underway! It's a busy season for GES on the icecap with 6 teams attempting crossings this spring. GES is providing logistics for 4 of these (one of which is a crossing with dog sleds for remowned Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukov), the other two are guided icecap crossings. Most teams are now on the ice and progressing well. Click here for updates on the teams' progress!
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| Iceberg Climbing Photos & Report An iceberg, a climbing safety team, 3 dog sleds, a helicopter and a large film crew.... We're just back having successfully filmed the ascent of a 'berg on the West Coast. To read more and view the photos, please click here. |
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| Iceberg Climbing on the West Coast Quite possibly a suicidal undertaking when afloat in the open sea, when 'bergs ground on the sea bed and subsequently freeze into the sea ice, some possibilities for climbing open up. Next week, much of the guiding team will be climbing one such iceberg for Japanese TV. Watch this space for photos! |
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| Icecap Season Fast Approaching... 1 April and the expedition season begins. It's a busy year with some exciting projects lined up. Whilst the teams are making final preparations, training and fattening up, we at GES are surrounded by mounds of freeze-dried food, more gadgets than you can count... read more |
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| Matt Spenceley's Blog Greenland Expedition Specialists guide Matt Spenceley has just started a blog, covering Greenland Expeditions and everything else that affects someone who spends much of his time in snowy, cold places. You can read more here |
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| Extreme South Greenland Icecap Photos The team are about to be picked up after 2 weeks alone on the ice. Their guide, Matt Spenceley returned last week. Here are the photos. |
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| Extreme South Team on the Icecap After a tough ascent onto the Icecap from sea level, the 2 medical students are at this moment preparing themselves for the South Pole trip later this year. Click here to read their Blog on the Telegraph Online. |
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| Schweizerland Expedition home with 2 First Ascents The expedition ascended the Karale Glacier from sea level, and climbed some stunning alpine peaks before traversing the range and descending to Tuno- a summer first?.... click here |
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| East Coast Sea Kayak Expedition Return to Scoresbysund The plan was to paddle 600 miles from Scoresbysund to Tasiilaq. Almost a month south, the team have had to return north.... read more |
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| 8 First Ascents for Cambridge University Expedition After over 5 weeks on the ice, beards and dirty clothes were only some of the results of a, by all accounts, busy and successful trip........click here |
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| Extreme South Team heading for Greenland Icecap 2 medical students who will attempt an ambitious route sled-hauling to the South Pole, then kiting out to Hercules, are shortly heading for the Icecap to prepare for their..... click here |
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| Double Icecap Crossing and a New Record A team of 4 British women have just made a double crossing of Greenland's Icecap.... click to read more. |
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| GES to the North Pole 3 of Greenland Expedition Specialists' Guides reached the geographic North Pole at the end of April..... click to read more. |
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