North Pole Challenge
Date - tbc
Location - North Pole
Difficulty - Extreme
Duration - 16 Days
Add your name to the short list of adventurers who have journeyed to the top of the world. This challenge is definitely not for the faint-hearted crossing the polar ice cap. The group will face an variety of obstacles, while skiing and sledging through this stunning, but dangerous, setting.
About the event
- Embark on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to the top of the world
- Skiing and sledging over the polar ice cap
- Trek to the Geographic North Pole
- Negotiate this ever-changing ethereal landscape
- Be fully involved in all aspects of camp life
We are currently not offering this as an 'Open Challenge' but can offer it to 'Exclusive Groups' - please enquire for further information.
In 1909 Robert Peary, his partner Matthew Henson and four Inuit reached the North Pole. They were recognised as the first to reach the Pole, although controversy still surrounds this claim. Following many further failed expeditions, the Pole was next witnessed in 1926, but it was 1948 before anyone actually stood there. Our challenge takes us over the dynamic polar ice cap. Skiing and sledging we will be surrounded by breath-taking scenery and will overcome an ever-changing variety of obstacles, including pressure ridges up to 5m high! This is your chance to add your name to the short list of adventurers who have made the ultimate journey to the top of the world.
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