Tag Archives: Go for Greenland

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? That the only month in the year in which Greenland’s average temperature is above freezing is July! Brrrrr Today’s Activity Everyone has dreams about exploring a new place somewhere in the world, … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.99859 Longitude:-25.13458 GPS location Date/Time:04/17/2012 16:28:40 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7cn2v/69.99859N/25.13458W If the … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:70.02048 Longitude:-25.01456 GPS location Date/Time:04/17/2012 10:05:10 NDT Message:This is a cool spot on TA’s Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition…Listen to her update for details Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7caS9/70.02048N/25.01456W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? If you are only allowed to stay outside with your friends until its dark out, ask your parents to move to Greenland! During the Arctic summer, the sun never sets! Today’s Activity … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Greenland is the largest island in the world! Today’s Activity Our first Marvelous Map Monday activity is to locate on a map, Gunnbjørn Fjeld, the mountain TA and her team are climbing … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? That reindeer live all over Greenland in areas that are not covered with ice. Maybe this is where Santa gets his recruitments for his sled

TA Latitude:70.74443 Longitude:-22.64444 GPS location Date/Time:04/14/2012 12:16:42 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7asdO/70.74443N/22.64444W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? That musk-oxen’s live in Greenland! These shaggy animals stand about four feet tall and are a smaller relative of the  prehistoric giant musk-ox  

TA Latitude:64.13927 Longitude:-21.91986 GPS location Date/Time:04/12/2012 12:44:11 NDT Message:TA’s location on her Go for Greenland Ice Cap to Gunnbjørn Fjeld Expedition. Inspiring Big Dreams & Big Goals! Click the link below to see where I am located. http://fms.ws/7Zfmr/64.13927N/21.91986W If the … Continue reading →

Preparations for my Go for Greenland expedition are almost complete.  I would love to have you along. I received a logistics briefing for the first part of the expedition today…it’s getting real and moving into the “Hurry Up and Wait” … Continue reading →

Hot off the sewing machine…Marian is amazing…parkas for my feet. Now I’m feeling totally OK about minus 27!  

These base camps are where our Greenland expedition will come to a close…those coordinates will become magical entities as we hone in on our final challenge of Gunnbjørn Fjeld but at the moment, there are other more pressing challenges. Like, … Continue reading →

Sometimes when someone climbs a mountain that no one has climbed before, they get to name it.  If you had such an honour, what would you name a mountain and why? PS…The mountain above already has one…it’s name is Nupse … Continue reading →

Sometimes a holiday is positioned right where you need one…and today’s was no exception. I can’t remember a day in recent history (i.e. the last decade :-)) when I spent the entire day at home. I only left the house … Continue reading →

As my departure date is nearing (April 11), I wanted to introduce the leader of my Greenland Expedition, Paul Rose.  I have not yet met him in person but we’ve been exchanging emails and I look forward to shaking his … Continue reading →

One of my teammates for Greenland arrived in the mail today. His name is Flat Stanley. He was squished flat by a bulletin board and he now flies around the world via air mail. Flat Stanley has been recruited by … Continue reading →

Regular readers of my blog will recognize the name Heather Courage. She is a reader of Everest books, climber of Signal Hill (nearing 425 ascents), and long time supporter of mine. When the call went out for schools/classes to follow … Continue reading →