"Participating in the Snowball extreme expedition represents a once in a life time opportunity to explore one of the most vast and remote regions on the planet."

Eric Larsen – US explorer and first to complete a summer crossing of the Arctic Ocean to the Geographic North Pole.

The extraordinary part of this expedition is based around a well put together team covering 350 miles of sea ice, frozen mountains and long days of human endurance. No other polar expedition organisation in the world covers the ground you will. This is truly a challenge waiting to be explored.

To live and move through the Canadian high arctic for up to 4 weeks requires a decent standard of physical fitness - and a high degree of mental toughness. If you feel you're up to the challenge, then this is the expedition for you.

The expedition will travel to the southern shores of Ellesmere Island (also known as the Horizontal Everest) eventually arriving at the remote Grise Fiord, home to the most northerly Inuit settlement the planet.

The journey starts from Resolute bay, an Inuit outpost lying in the foot hills of Cornwallis Island. Historically a beacon for polar explorers from all over the world. Flying in to Cornwallis and seeing the ice flows and landlocked snow covered Islands below you begin to realise how detached you are from your normal existence.

The first few days will be spent acclimatising and preparing for the trip. This will give us the opportunity to fine tune techniques learnt during the UK training sessions - this time in temoeratures below zero. Expect the unexpected as the journey is pre-planned but the days spent on ice will have its twists with ice rubble, high winds and polar bear encounters. You will be trained for all eventualities

Once ready we will then take our first steps and begin our journey.

Lead by two SBX guides, we'll head around the coast line of Cornwallis along the North West passage and out of sight of civilisation. Now operating on our own we will spend the next few weeks working as a team. This expedition has been put together not only for its joining of the two furthest Inuit settlements in northern Canada, but for the route that the team will encounter. Each morning you will step out of your tent into a white frozen landscape of snow covered mountains, pans of endless ice and deep blue skies that sit as a stunning backdrop to the cliffs of Ellesmere Island.

At times we will be tested across land and along sea ice. Crossing Devon Island and heading into Jones sound and now into our stride we will head towards our goal. Day after day of working together the site of Gris Fiord in the distance will stir a sense of achievement and pride with in you.

A small twin otter plane will be our journey back, covering the route we have travelled across. A great chance to appreciate what you have actually achieved from the air. A hot shower, cooked food and a day’s rest will await us on our return to Resolute.

Ottawa will be our stepping stone back home and a chance to celebrate our acheivements as a team, over a champagne dinner.

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