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The Weather - 2008 Greenland Training

Day 7 of the expedition
Distance traveled: 65.7km / 40.8 mi
Position: N 66,08.278 W 040,38.339
Elevation: 1873 M / 6,145 ft

It's been a long hull through the night, with our combination of ski sails and Ozone kites, and we traveled only a few miles for our efforts. Yesterday our progress was cut short by an ice fog, a giant life like beast that consumes all in its path. At first all you see are a few tendrils [Read More]

Written by Eric McNair-Landry
Thursday, 03 July 2008 00:00

On the move - 2008 Greenland Training

Day 7 of the expedition
Distance traveled: 8.2 km / 5 mi
Position: N 65,55.710' W038,55.605'
Elevation:1,401 m / 4,596 ft

After spending 4 nights basecamped on the east coast of the Greenland ice cap, we packed up and headed west, leaving behind us a beautiful view of the mountains.

Our route is similar to the Norwegian explorer, Fridjtof Nansen, the first to cross Greenland. Leaving from the east coast, close to the town of [Read More]

Written by Sarah McNair-Landy
Tuesday, 01 July 2008 00:00

Ready to start the Crossing. - 2008 Greenland Training

Day 4 of the expedition
Distance traveled: 0km
Position: N 65,48.783 W 038,38.025 - Basecamp Eastcoast Greenland
Elevation: 1085 M / 3,559 ft

Due to the normal lack of winds in the daytime we are now using the nights to further develop our skills on both the ski sails and the kites. My background is with the ski sail and it is great to be on the Greenland ice cap and teach Sarah, Eric and Will the sail while I can learn to be a better kiter from Sarah and Eric. The ski sail has shorter lines than a [Read More]

Written by Tobias Thorleifsson
Sunday, 29 June 2008 00:00

East Coast Greenland - 2008 Greenland Training

Kite Skiing Day 2 of the expedition
Distance traveled: 5km
Position: N 65,48.783 W 038,38.025
Elevation: 1085 m / 3.599 ft

After no less than 5 plane flights and one helicopter flight the team has finally arrived on the Greenland ice cap. The weather is warm and the sun is shining almost 24 hours a day and at least during the evening the winds are blowing.

Yesterday we were dropped off at Greenspeed Ridge, a location where Sarah and I departed from on a similar expedition 3 [Read More]

Written by Eric McNair-Landry
Friday, 27 June 2008 18:00

Greenland – Global warming and the northern ice cap - 2008 Greenland Training

The Greenland ice sheet lies almost entirely on bedrock (an ice cap refers to ice on land) and flows into the ocean roughly half as melt water and half as glacial ice. The ice in the Greenland ice sheet could add 24 feet to the current sea level if it were to disappear. While the snowfall on top of the Greenland ice cap is actually increasing, this is presumably due to changes in traditional climate patterns; yet Greenland is losing masses of ice at the edges, big enough to [Read More]

Written by Expedition Team
Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:22

Greenland Expedition, June-July 2008 - 2008 Greenland Training

Pittarak Expedition Traveling East to West, Steger and three Ellesmere Expedition team members will kite-ski 500 miles across the Greenland Ice Cap following Nansen's historical route of 1880 to begin documentation of the rising summer thaw level and the changes global warming has had on the ice cap.

The team arrived in Greenland on June 27th, 2008 - follow their progress by listening to the audio dispatches.

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Written by Expedition Team
Thursday, 31 January 2008 01:36

Summer Institute 2008

2008 Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

Summer Institute 2008
Date: August 11-13, 2008

The Will Steger Foundation is proud to announce its third annual Summer Institute for Climate Change Education. The three-day interdisciplinary conference is open to 75 educators from Minnesota. Speakers will include polar explorer Will Steger, leaders in education, policy, and science, and students active in the youth climate movement.