The Venezuelans near the West Coast mountains at the end of their expedition. Live image over Contact 4 courtesy of the proyectocumbre.com (click to enlarge)
Frozen Greenland rivers. Live image over Contact 4 courtesy of the proyectocumbre.com (click to enlarge)
The Venezuelan team making use if the wind to sail in the deep snow. Live image over Contact 4 courtesy of the proyectocumbre.com (click to enlarge)
The British Army, here in the photo during a training session in Norway, has successfully completed the Nansen route. Image courtesy of nansensendeavour.co.uk (click to enlarge)
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(ThePoles.com) Greenland had a busy season with teams crossing the Icecap horizontal, vertical and diagonal through the spring and summer seasons. The last two teams that we have reported about have reached their finish lines at the West coast. The British Nansen Endeavour team has completed their crossing on the footsteps of Nansen and the Venezuelan teams last dispatch says that they were one day away from their finish line. Proyecto Cumbre Venezuelan teamOn 13 September Carlos Castillo, Carlos Calderas, Martin Echevarria,...
