. . . Summit, High Plateau & Basecamp
. . . first paragliding flight from Gunnbjørn Fjeld
. . . skippering from Iceland to Greenland
Ambition
The objective of the "TOP of the Arctic sail¶glide expedition 2022" is to facilitate outdoor sports programs combined with environmental education for young Inuits in remote East Greenland.
Climate change
Climate change is destroying the Inuit lifestyle and culture. Knowledge of outdoor sports and eco-tourism opens up new perspectives and opportunities for young Inuits (e.g. Climbing the Future - Kulusuk Greenland).
Paragliding
Join us in a fundraising campaign to sail&climb the highest peak in the Arctic, "Gunnbjørn Fjeld" (12.119 ft / 3.694 m), and be one of the first to paraglide from the summit.
Fundraising campaign
The fundraising campaign comprises a distance in meters covered under fair means (sailing, climbing, paragliding) undertaken by each member and repeated annually. All the funds raised will be used to found an annual outdoor sports camp combined with environmental education for young Inuits in the region and to collaborate with other organizations.
Contact
Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining the first "TOP of the Arctic sail&climb expedition" and/or sharing your outdoor sports or environmental education skills in summer 2020.
Gunnbjørn Fjeld (referred to Hvitserk in the Icelandic myth, literally meaning “white shirt”) is Greenland’s highest mountain & the highest mountain around 155 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
It is named after Gunnbjørn Ulfsson, the first Viking to have sighted Greenland in around 875 according to legend.
The Watkins Range is Greenland's highest mountain range in the southeast of Greenland.
The mountain range includes the ten highest peaks of the Arctic.
Gunnbjørn Fjeld was first climbed on 16 August 1935 by Augustine Courtauld, Jack Longland, Ebbe Munck, Harold G. Wager, and Lawrence Wager.
Due to the extremely inaccessible nature of the region, ascents are rare: the second ascent only took place in 1971 and the third in 1987.
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