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25/11/2010 14:03
Over the last years, we've met some of these scientists over in Tasiilaq. Talking to Georg, warming fjord tempatures have certainly been a growing problem for the local hunters in that there are now areas where it's only very rarely possible to travel by dogsled. Georg recounted that, at age 17, he used to drive his dogs out to hunt on the outer reaches of Ammassallik fjord, something never done nowadays.
Whilst we've had some bad ice years in the last ten, we've also had some great ones; the time Georg, Lars Bianco and I (Matt writing this time!), managed to take the icecap equipment and food over from Kulusuk to Tasiilaq by dogsled, one of the first of such trips in something like 15 years. On the East Coast, we're getting used to the unusual.
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22/11/2010 15:31
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26/10/2010 00:04
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13/09/2010 09:58
For 3 weeks in July, a team of 7, led by Matt Spenceley, explored the alpine range at the head of the Knud Rasmussen Glacier...
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01/09/2010 15:42
Some awesome photos just in of the trek that's just returned. Thanks Adrien!
Click here...
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19/05/2010 08:32
Back in 2008, a group of Venezuelan climbers and skiers made a rare summer crossing of Greenland's icecap. Pirhuk was involved in first training the team and then providing logistics/consultancy for the expedition itself. A film crew followed the whole process and have just released the trailer to their upcoming film.
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25/02/2010 21:56
In a little over a month, the first of our Greenland Crossing teams will be leaving the frozen fjords of East Greenland behind with a course set for Kangerlussuaq and the West Coast - a major polar-style ski and sledge-hauling expedition of around 550km. We put a huge emphasis on thorough preparation for such a big trip and so, each February, the Pirhuk team can be found on the edge of the Hardangervidda Plateau, a wild, sparsely populated region of fjell (rolling hills), glaciers and frozen lakes in SW Norway. Many notable expeditions have tested themselves against the area's infamously fierce weather systems, from Amundsen (who claims it's the only place that almost killed him) to Rune Gjeldnes and Borge Ousland. The tiny settlement of Finse, lying at 1222m above sea level, is home to Pirhuk guide Ronny Finsaas and an excellent starting point for our trips (and also the location of many of our expedition kiting courses). This year, Alex (guiding the first crossing) joined Matt and 8 others for what turned out to be a great, at times, challenging trip.
The 2 expedition teams present undertook a circular route that reached (but didn't go into!) the Tuva hut - a journey of a little under 100 km.
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09/01/2010 12:07
Back in spring 2007, Pirhuk helped set up an expedition by the Dutch team of Paul Kamphuis and Jan Fokke Oosterhof. Their plan was to attempt an unguided E-W crossing of Greenland as part of their preparation for an Antarctic trip. After a sustained period of bad weather, the team made the hard decision to return to the East Coast. They are about to release a film on their experience.
Here's the trailer:
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By host on
21/12/2009 18:22
Amelia Russell and Dan Darley contacted Pirhuk over a year ago looking for some specific arctic polar training. Together with Matt Spenceley, they started out in Finse, Norway and then headed for the sea ice of East Greenland.
Their main focus is now on their big trip, for which they'll be leaving in February '10: an unsupported ski journey from Canada to the Geographic North Pole. We wish them the very best of luck.
Progress can be followed on their website.
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19/12/2009 14:30
Chamonix-based IFMGA guide Neil McNab's outfit, McNab Snowboarding, run a programme of dedicated freeride courses as well as 'backcountry' trips to some of the most exciting destinations around the world.
In '08, Pirhuk put together the details for Neil and a team to head out to a glaciated island on the East Coast of Greenland.
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