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Greenland - Crossing the Icecap from East to West
I have written about my trip across Greenland in an article for the Planet Fear website - www.planetfear.com/articles/Arctic_Meridian_1040.html
19 August 2006 Depart U.K. for Oslo
20 August 2006 Re-meet group (following initial training meeting in Norway in March)
Depart Oslo for Reykjavik, Iceland
21 August 2006 Depart Iceland for Tasiilaq, Greenland
22 August 2006 Sort and test equipment
23 August 2006 Depart by boat for Isertoq (access point onto the icecap)
Start skiing towards the west coast!
4 September 2006 Reached summit of this part of the icecap (2502m)
7 September 2006 Arrive at DYE2 (abandoned US radar station)
15 September 2006 Arrive at the west coast at Point 660, Sondre Stromfjord
18 September 2006 Depart for Oslo, via Copenhagen and onto the U.K.
Greenland Gallery 1
Greenland Gallery 2

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