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Polar Training Course - IMG121
Get a head start on planning your summer adventure in Iceland by taking advantage of our selected multi-day tour special offers. Until January 10th, 2017 you will be able to save up to 35.000 ISK (appr. 300 USD or 295 Euros).
If you book before January 10th, you will also be in the draw of an Icelandic Mountain Guides day tour from Reykjavik. For every 20 bookings we will draw one winner, which gives you a good chance of winning.
The prize/day tour cannot be exchanged for cash and has to be used with 3 years from January 10th 2017. The winner will be contacted directly and announced on mountainguides.is at the latest on January 20th 2017.
We reserve the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in any event outside of our control.
Tour type: A Polar Training Course
Adult: 340.000ISK GBP USD DKR EUR
What's included: About 14 topics, lectures, practical exercises, 4 day training expedition on Vatnajökull ice cap.
Departures: 13.03 - 19.03 2017
Duration: Seven days, including 4 days training-expedition
Meeting point: IMG´s head office: Stórhöfði 33, 110 Reykjavík.
Group size: One instructor per 6 participants.
Note: There is a meeting with the guide before departure to go over the equipment and other travel details.
Highlights of the Tour
Polar training course in Iceland
A combination of lectures and practical exercises
Covers about 14 topics
A seven days Polar Training Course based on IMG‘s extensive experience in running expeditions in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
The course is a combination of lectures and practical exercises and includes a four days training-expedition on the Vatnajökull ice cap. The aim is to train people and make them prepared for expeditions in cold weather conditions like found in the Arctic, the Antarctic and in cold mountain areas.
The instructor will be Leifur Örn Svavarsson, founder of Icelandic Mountain Guides and the companies most experienced expedition guide. Leifur has done the Explorers Grand Slam, all the 7 summits plus the poles and much more.
The focus is on polar travels using cross country skis. Still, no prior experience of cross country skiing is needed. The course content, the training and the experience gained will be highly beneficial and practical for any type of cold weather expedition settings, expeditions to the North Pole, kite-skiing over the Greenland ice cap, skiing to the South Pole or mountaineering expeditions in cold environments like found on Denali/Mt. McKinley in Alaska for example.
Few of the topics covered:
Avalanche risk / rescue / estimation
Expedition politics (keeping the team together and every ones eye on the ball)
General rescue response (keeping patient safe, rescue options in different areas)
Camping and daily routine
Students are expected to have some background of outdoors travels and a good general level of fitness. All prior experience related to rope work is beneficial. No prior experience of cross-country skiing (Nordic skiing) is needed.
Appropriate out doors clothing is necessary. Equipment list will be sent out after booking. All gear can be rented from Icelandic Mountain Guides. If participants bring their own gear the instructor has the right to reject it if he thinks it‘s not up to safety standards.
For booking, contact info@mountainguides.is
Participants meet the instructor/s at IMG‘s head quarters. Last minute check-up on gear. The group drives to Skaftafell.
The day is dedicated to lectures, covering practical things regarding expeditions:
Arctic expeditions:  Specific expedition requirements; equipment, insurance issues, general safety, rescue, polar-bears, logistic issues, communication (Iridium/GlobStar other). Spiced up with real stories and pictures from the field.
Antarctic expeditions:  Specific expedition requirements. As above (but no bears).
Expedition nutrition and food preparation: Food, fuel, stoves etc. Tricks of the trade and pitfalls to avoid.
High altitude: Light weight travels in cold environments. Difference from polar travel. Brief talk on high altitude sickness.
Preparing for an expedition. Packing food and gear.
We go from Skaftafell to Skálafellsjökull glacier. Expedition starts and we go skiing on the glacier. We find a suitable place to set up a camp and raise our tents.
Training day on Skálafellsjökull glacier. Cross country skiing technique and more training in setting up a camp.
We head higher up, to Esjufjöll mountains.
We leave Esjufjöll mountains and ski down Breiðamerkurjökull glacier.
For availability and more information about this tour please contact us.
Adults1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Children0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Infants (0-2)0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Total price for all passengers:
POLAR TRAINING COURSE - IMG121
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