Question by barry r: How do I trace a copy of a Channel 4 documentary, broadcast in the mid-1990’s, about skiing across Greenland?
A group of four Australians crossed the Greenland ice-cap using kites attached to their skis – awesome documentary! Have tried the usual obvious sources with no luck and decided to try yahoo answers.
Best answer:
Answer by Mary Ann
Contact:
Mr Angus Munro
Aussie Icefinders Greenland Traverse
Website: http://www.icefinders.com
Email: icefinders@gmail.com
Phone: +61 4 2777 0976
+61 7 4128 3633
Mail to: 85 Manuka Rd
Panton Hill, Victoria 3759, Australia
Tidbits: In 1888 the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen and his team made the first crossing of Greenland (locally known as Kalaallit Nunaat). It was a pioneering and extraordinarily daring exploit that relied not on dogs but their own human-power and rudimentary sledge-rigged sails made from their tent floors.
2001- Jose Manuel Naranjo and Ramon Larramendi complete a south-north unsupported crossing from near Narsaq to Qeqertat near Qaanaaq. They used an innovative ‘kitesled’, covering 2225km in 32 days, including a record kiting distance of 421km in a 24-hour period, improving on the previous record of Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercouer set in Antarctica in 1998.
2005 – Niklas Norman, Trygve Nakling Kristiansen and Carl Gustav Rye Florence complete a lightning-fast south-north traverse from near Narsaq to Qaanaaq. The unsupported expedition of 21-days and 2500km used kites and skisails, averaging 120km per day and breaking the 24-hour record with a distance of 442.7km.
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