Experience:
We have been leading expeditions around the world for the past 25 years in some of the most beautiful and remote locations. Over that lengthy time we have honed our skills, logistics, technologies and adapted to maintain our mantra of providing quality, safe and successful expeditions.
In Greenland we have a wealth of experience on the ice cap, with seven crossings and have a passion for providing a valuable and rewarding expedition experience for our team members.
We seek to maintain our reputation as the premier ice sheet crossing provider.
Many independent and commercial expeditions fail to cross Greenland for a myriad of reasons. We do not fail.
We have expert knowledge of the safest and fastest route through the tricky initial ice fall section, which saves days, and know the best route through a myriad of 'ice hills' to reach the Dye 2 radar station.
Our equipment and food selection is perfectly refined to this expedition, ensuring your safety and ensuring that the sled weights are as low as feasible, making for a far more enjoyable expedition experience.
Our expert knowledge and experience on Greenland crossings is of paramount importance to a successful, enjoyable expedition.
Our 4 most recent west to east crossings have been been completed within 24-25 days, which reflects our skill, knowledge and professionalism.
Quality:
We look to provide high quality at every leg of the journey, and work hard to improve every expedition.
Be it experienced guides, menu plans, member-to-guide ratios, equipment use, we review every detail with great care and put enormous attention to preparing a successful and fantastic expedition experience for our team members.
Our expeditions are a full ice cap crossing, rather than much inferior east-west crossings which typically take a short-cut by way of helicopter to a point high on the eastern side of the ice cap to start their expedition.
Our small team approach differentiates us and provides team members with a focussed and unique expedition experience. We guarantee our expedition shall proceed with one team teamber.
With David as an experienced ice cap veteran, we aim to provide you with the highest level of safety and support.
We strive to teach team members the skills and knowledge that will not only enable them to cross the Greenland ice cap, but go on to do other polar expeditions such as skiing in Antarctica and the north pole.
Experience required for expedition members:
We are looking for experienced expeditioners, for whom the Greenland ice cap is the next step in their expedition careers. Our team will be in top physical condition and ready to meet the challenges the ice cap presents. It is important that your previous expedition experience includes previous cold climate conditions. It is also important that a team member be able to work well with others and be willing to commit to a group effort over the 4 weeks. This team effort makes for a more enjoyable expedition. You will be exposed to a completely different routine and dynamic during the expedition, and as a member it is your responsibility to treat the other team members with respect. This ability is as important as your expedition skills.
Website Updates:
Ice Horizons ensures family, friends, and the general public can follow the team on the expedition over the ice cap through daily updates of our blog on the expedition website.
Gear Advice:
Ice Horizons will provide full gear recommendations to assist with your expedition questions and preparations. Our personal equipment list provided to team members is a highly detailed document specific to Greenland conditions explaining what personal equipment you need, why you need it, and where you can get it. And we conduct regular Skype and in-person (where suitable) meetings with team members, as well as regular email correspondence, so that your gear selection for the expedition is perfect.
Re-cap:
There are many reasons to choose a particular guide service, but there are five main areas of concern that you should look at carefully:
1. Safety Philosophy
2. Guides
3. Logistics in-country
4. Pre-Trip Planning
5. Successful Expedition Outcomes
In all five categories, Ice Horizons strives to achieve the highest outcome achievable.