AWE alternative to conventional logistics in Polar Regions
Mankind has always tried to navigate the ice in order to explore the remotest polar regions of the planet. All developments have been traditionally based on the use of masts and sails trying to make...
View ArticleWINDSLED SILVER SPONSOR 2019 Airborne Wind Energy CONFERENCE, GLASGOW
SPEAKER: Ignacio Oficialdegui Technical Director The INUIT WINDSLED PROJECT Technical Management READ all about it: Airborne Wind Energy CONFERENCE, OCT 15-16 2019 University of STRATHCLYDE,...
View ArticleAN INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY: WINDSLED ANTARCTICA SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM
On June 12th the symposium was held in Madrid, at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, bringing together more than twenty national and international polar scientists with 14 different projects. All...
View ArticleTHE MEDA INSTRUMENT, FROM ANTARCTICA TO MARS
The development of a space instrument such as MEDA (Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer), parts having been tested on the WindSled in the last Antarctica expedition campaign, has taken a great step...
View ArticleUPCOMING 1ST WINDSLED SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM 12 JUNE 2019
1st WINDSLED SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM June 12 2019 10-14 hrs. Assembly Hall of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid Note: this activity is restricted to scientists and related interdisciplinary...
View ArticleCONFERENCE in NORWAY, 2019 OCEAN WEEK
A jump to Norway, Trondheim, where project director and Inuit WindSled designer, Mr. Larramendi, was invited to the ‘Ocean Week 2019: Oceans in Change’ Congress, organized in Trondheim by the Norwegian...
View ArticleParticipating in 2019 OCEAN WEEK, NORWAY
During the week of May 6th to 9th, Ramón Larramendi has been invited to the Ocean Week: Oceans in Change conferences, organized in Trondheim (Norway) to bring together the world’s leading experts to...
View ArticleWINDSLED IN PROCEEDINGS OF 2018 COMNAP SYMPOSIUM
The Council of Administrators of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) has published the report which includes the initiatives presented at its last symposium, attended by the The WindSled Project,...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN SUMMARY ANTARCTICA 2018/2019
This year the WindSled has finalized the scientific and exploration expedition “Antarctica Unexplored Dome Fuji 2018/19” between December 4, 2018 (departure) and February 12, 2019 (return). A unique...
View ArticleUniv Canterbury’s Antarctic Future Technologies highlight WindSled
Read all about it here (report included): https://greenland.net/windsled/newzealand-university-canterbury-report-acknowledges-future-with-the-windsled/
View ArticleNZ REPORT ACKNOWLEDGES FUTURE WITH WINDSLED
A report by scientists from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) on future Antarctic technologies, has highlighted the important role in the immediate future for the Inuit WindSled Project, by...
View ArticleNEW WINDSLED MILESTONE IN EAST ANTARCTICA
13th FEB 2019: The 2018 -2019 Antarctica Unexplored Dome Fuji expeditionary arrived in Madrid, Spain yesterday, 74 days after their departure to Antarctica, where they have traveled more than 2,500...
View ArticleA COMPLETE SUCCESS WINDSLED ANTARCTICA: 2538 KM IN 52 DAYS!
Great success of the 2018/19 Antarctica Unexplored Dome Fuji expedition campaign Covering 2,538 kilometers in 52 days on the WindSled Temperatures of 42º C below zero Science and exploration marking a...
View ArticleWINDSLED ANTARCTICA ACHIEVES 2538 KM (1577 MI) IN 52 DAYS
The expedition campaign 2018-2019 ANTARCTICA UNEXPLORED DOME FUJI by the polar eco-vehicle WindSled has reached the Russian Antarctic Novolazárevskaya Base, from which it departed last December 12...
View ArticleANTARCTICA 2018/19 WINDSLED EXPEDITION CLIMBS FUJI DOME!
And as of 21 JANUARY 2019 the ten scientific projects that are carried on board are working at perfection, collecting data that will be of great interest to researchers related to: the Galileo...
View ArticleWINDSLED ANTARCTICA UNEXPLORED ATTAINS DOME FUJI!
21 JANUARY 2019 The four team members of the WindSled expedition campaign “Antarctica Unexplored 2018-2019”, whom have been on the ice since last December 12, have practically reached the top of Dome...
View ArticleROSS EDWARDS, SCIENTIST ON BOARD # ICERIVER2017
ROSS EDWARDS (Curtis University/University of Wisconsin) Despite appearances, the relentless flow of the Greenland ice sheet is not uniform across its surface nor inside. It contains ice currents that...
View ArticleNATURE MAGAZINE MENTIONS THE INUIT WINDSLED PROJECT
The publication mentions Larramendi’s eolian vehicle in an article emphasizing the need for scientific research to contaminate as minimally as possible. ‘Nature Magazine’, 22nd June edition, highlights...
View ArticleGREENLAND ICERIVER2017 EXPEDITION SUCCESSFULLY ENDS
-Polar eco-vehicle WindSled managed to transport more than 2300 kg (5071 lbs) of cargo, partly scientific -Investigators from 12 countries received the expeditionary at scientific facility EastGRIP...
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