"Many of the areas that have inspired and challenged me on my travels through the arctic have been re-visited in this expedition. This is truly a unique opportunity for people to experience, first-hand, what it's like to travel on foot and by snowmobile, through the frozen lands of the Canadian high Arctic"

Mark Wood Snowball Expedion Leader

On this extraordinary expedition you will be guided through one of the most remote and pristine environments in the world. As you fly north in the Canadian high arctic, the green landscape disappears below to be replaced by iced capes and floating icebergs. This is when you begin to realise how detached you are from the rest of the world, but this is just the beginning of an incredible journey.

Our base camp at Resolute bay sits in the foot hills of Cornwallis Island, an Inuit outpost deep inside the arctic circle. This hamlet acts as beacon for explorers from all over the world - A stepping stone for those traveling to the Geographic and Magnetic North Poles. As a team we will spend two days acclimatizing and training in and around Resolute, preparing for your venture into the North West Passage.

Stepping out on our first day, we'll move as a team, across the sculpted sea ice of Resolute Bay and on to neighboring Griffiths Island. As we round the headland of Griffiths Island, eventually loosing sight of civilization you begin to understand how dependent we have become on each other, so quickly. For four days we will live move and learn to survive in this timeless land.

In the morning you will wake to the surreal comparison of a lunar landscape outside the tent that stretches as far as the eye can see. The isolation and the eerie silence give you the strange sensation that you are the only people on the planet.

On the morning of the fifth day, snowmobiles and local Inuit guides will join the team to take us on a two-day adventure. Allowing us to reach deeper into the arctic wilderness. This will be a fantastic opportunity to venture into new areas of the arctic as well as looking for the other occupants of this region, the majestic polar bear.

The last night of the expedition will give us a chance for reflection as we stand outside the tent with a hot mug of chocolate, breathing in the cold arctic air and looking into the vast wilderness. The following morning we will ski back through Resolute. After a hot shower, a rest and a well earned breakfast there will be chance to explore the town.

A champagne meal on the way back home through Ottawa will help us celebrate your achievement of travelling and seeing, first-hand, this disappearing land.

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