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TA Latitude:69.65606 Longitude:-27.13666 GPS location Date/Time:04/27/2012 14:51:20 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/7iwkP/69.65606N/27.13666W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Five different species of seals live in the waters surrounding Greenland! Some common seals there are the ringed seal, the harp seal and the hooded seal   Today’s Activity Ski and Climb Adventure … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.70505 Longitude:-26.89993 GPS location Date/Time:04/26/2012 16:22:58 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/7iMvY/69.70505N/26.89993W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? The brother and sister duo, Sarah and Eric McNair-Landry snow-kited across 2,414 km of Greenland! Today’s Activity Fridtjof Nansen – Explored Greenland in 1888 Today for Terrific Exploration Thursday we are going to … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.75626 Longitude:-26.625 GPS location Date/Time:04/25/2012 14:53:06 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/7hiOX/69.75626N/26.625W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Because of Greenland’s long winter nights and clear skies, it is one of the best places to see the northern lights! Today’s Activity Last Terrific Exploration Thursday (April 19th) we learnt about Eric … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.84703 Longitude:-26.57007 GPS location Date/Time:04/24/2012 10:11:39 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/7gy7M/69.84703N/26.57007W If the … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.84703 Longitude:-26.57001 GPS location Date/Time:04/23/2012 14:51:10 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/7gUuN/69.84703N/26.57001W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day  DID YOU KNOW? That Greenland is actually apart of Denmark which is a small country in Northern Europe close to Norway and Sweden! Today’s Activity Today our activity is to find how far you live … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.92326 Longitude:-26.34348 GPS location Date/Time:04/22/2012 15:27:31 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/7fwhW/69.92326N/26.34348W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Greenland has attracted pioneers for more than 4,500 years!

TA Latitude:69.90739 Longitude:-26.06787 GPS location Date/Time:04/21/2012 15:27:40 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/7fIqc/69.90739N/26.06787W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? That about 2 million seals live in Greenland waters

TA Latitude:69.89958 Longitude:-25.79428 GPS location Date/Time:04/20/2012 14:59:58 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/7edgP/69.89958N/25.79428W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Did you ever see icebergs around Newfoundland and Labrador? Well about 10,000-15,000 icebergs breaks off of Greenland’s glaciers each year! Today’s Activity Ski Course In this activity, a teacher can set up … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.9147 Longitude:-25.49899 GPS location Date/Time:04/19/2012 14:53:39 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/7d-Jg/69.9147N/25.49899W If the … Continue reading →

Fun Fact of the Day DID YOU KNOW? Do you think Greenland gets its name for how green the island is? Actual fact that it isn’t green! Over 80% of the island is covered with ice! This adds up to … Continue reading →

TA Latitude:69.94555 Longitude:-25.24744 GPS location Date/Time:04/18/2012 14:15:41 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/7dK6K/69.94555N/25.24744W If the … Continue reading →

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 →