The journey of "Expedition Arctic Sweden 2010" starts from Stockholm where we will board a train to Abisko, the official start of the famous long distance trail Kungsleden (or King’s Trail, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungsleden). Though the trail is a total distance of 440 km, the ‘Expedition Arctic Sweden 2010’ will, in its first week, cover the first 100 km of the trail. During this time we will snowshoe through the highest point of the trail (Tjakta Pass, 1,150 m), Alesjaure hut and pass Kebnekaise (2,111 m – Swedish highest mountain).
In the second week of the expedition the team plans to set up a base camp between Kebnekaise and Kebnekaise Fjallstation (There are several huts about 5 hours walking distance from this mountain, http://www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/kebnekaise). The team will do several day trips into the surrounding mountains. The purpose of these day trips will be to expand on current individual knowledge and build team skills. Equipment training is in the teams main interest (self arrest and ice axe training), slope and avalanche assessment, snow shelter/snow cave building, navigation by means of map and compass as well as GPS, and basic survival training (the use of shelters in an extreme environment) to name a few. We want to be looking at local environmental and geological issues, too.
The ‘Expedition Arctic Sweden 2010’ will finish by a final one-day long ski tour from Kebnekaise Fjallstation to Nikkaluokta where we board a bus to Kiruna to catch our train back to Stockholm.
In the second week of the expedition the team plans to set up a base camp between Kebnekaise and Kebnekaise Fjallstation (There are several huts about 5 hours walking distance from this mountain, http://www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/kebnekaise). The team will do several day trips into the surrounding mountains. The purpose of these day trips will be to expand on current individual knowledge and build team skills. Equipment training is in the teams main interest (self arrest and ice axe training), slope and avalanche assessment, snow shelter/snow cave building, navigation by means of map and compass as well as GPS, and basic survival training (the use of shelters in an extreme environment) to name a few. We want to be looking at local environmental and geological issues, too.
The ‘Expedition Arctic Sweden 2010’ will finish by a final one-day long ski tour from Kebnekaise Fjallstation to Nikkaluokta where we board a bus to Kiruna to catch our train back to Stockholm.
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