Today the team are leaving Greenland behind and making their way back to Iceland before flying home to London tomorrow evening.  They will be staying in Reykjavik for the evening and are looking forward to painting the town red after receiving some good tips on local bars from another expedition team.

There are too many adjectives to describe the wonder and amazement of Greenland, her vast frozen ice-cap, majestic mountains and peaceful fjords, as well as the charming Inuit people who have lived there for thousands of years.  As a team, we came home feeling hugely privileged to have witnessed first-hand, such a beautiful and awe-inspiring country – a country so few will ever see in their lifetime.

“Far North, hidden behind barriers of pack ice are lands that hold one spellbound.  Gigantic imaginary gates, with hinges set in the horizon, seem to guard these lands.  Slowly the gates swing open and one enters another world where men are insignificant amid the awesome immensity of lonely mountains, fjords and glaciers” (Louise Boyd, photographer 1935)

Although we sadly never reached the ice-cap station this time, due to unusually heavy snowfall, it gave us the opportunity to see more of the country, visit the fjord where August Courtauld and the British Arctic Air Route set up base camp for a year, as well as spending four days on the island of Isortoq; a tiny Inuit settlement perched on a hill, surrounded by frozen sea ice, icebergs and fjords.  Being able to sit back and observe the true Inuit way of life was a real treat and a very different atmosphere to Tasiilaq, the largest settlement on the east coast.

We can’t thank our sponsors enough for ALL their support, including Euroski for the Skike Roller skis which allowed us to train at home before the event.

Here’s to the next adventure …..