“THIS VEHICLE expands the HORIZONS OF SCIENCE” Mr. A. Barbosa, Natural...
Mr. ANDRES BARBOSA* National Museum of Natural Sciences Wind, wind and more wind, wind continuously, Antarctica is the windiest continent in the planet with peaks of up to mi (300 km) / h, and an...
View ArticleEXPEDITION SUCCESSFULLY TRAVELS HALF THE DISTANCE TO BE COVERED
The WindSled Expedition, driven by aeolian energy, is now a month old on the ice in the interior of Greenland, where they arrived on May 3rd. They are performing the First Circumnavigation of Greenland...
View ArticleLARRAMENDI “THIS DESERTIC SNOW HAS ITS SHADES”
” After thirty days of hard work, and after the approach to 80° north, it’s a good time to make an initial assessment of this first circumnavigation of Greenland on the WindSled. We have already...
View Article“THE WINDSLED IN THE CONQUEST OF ANTARCTICA” Mr. L.G. Sancho, ECOTER
Mr. Leopoldo García Sancho is an ECOTER Coordinator (Antarctic flora international study group), “Principe de Asturias” Award for Cooperation as member of SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic...
View ArticleA letter from an amateur researcher…
Manuel Olivera (expedition member): “A month ago I embarked on a strange journey in which I hooked on to thanks to my friendship with the leader of the fleet, Captain Larramendi. The fleet consists of...
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SURPASSING 2051 MI (3300 KM), AFTER CROSSING THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
The WindSled expeditionary, led by polar explorer Ramón Larramendi, are about to enter the final stage in the geographical challenge of circumnavigating the Greenland ice cap aboard a wind driven...
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VISIT TO FORMER U.S. MILITARY BASE ‘FROZEN’ IN TIME THE PAST 25 YEARS
The five WindSled expeditionary, led by polar explorer Ramón Larramendi, arrived last Wednesday to a former US military base ‘frozen’ in time for twenty five long years. “The interior was like the...
View ArticleThe adventure of doing Science in the Poles, Ms. A. Cabrerizo (EC-IES)
* Ms. Ana Cabrerizo is currently working in Italy as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability of the European Commission, Air and Climate Unit. In her research she...
View ArticleWITH A FINAL RECORD: 265 MI (427 KM) IN ONE GO!
The First Circumnavigation of Greenland aboard a wind vehicle has just concluded by successfully attaining the point where the expedition began from near Kangerlussuaq, southwest of the island, after...
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THE WINDSLED 2016
The “Greenland Ice Summit Expedition 2016” is a new milestone for polar scientific exploration. For the first time in history, a vehicle driven by renewable energies will ascend almost 2,000 meters...
View ArticleTHE WIND SLED IN GREENLAND ICE SUMMIT
The Wind Sled , led by explorer Ramón Larramendi , is already in Greenland Ice Summit , at 3,207 meters above sea level and in the heart of the Arctic island . After 15 days of difficult navigation,...
View ArticleFlying towards our goal : The WindSled Triangle
If we see the route we’re doing aboard the Wind Sled on the map , it is a real triangle through the heart of Greenland. A triangle that is going to be about 2,000 kilometers, in which every day...
View ArticleVIDEOS ‘GREENLAND ICE SUMMIT EXPEDITION’
Here, you can see our videos about ‘Greenland Ice Summit Expedition’ http://greenland.net/windsled/photo-video-2016/ You like them!
View ArticleTHE WIND SLED FINALIZE THE EXPEDITION SUCCESSFULLY
-Ramón Larramendi’s team has made a route of 2,000 kms in five weeks -His crew have witnessed the accelerate melting of the Arctic while they were collecting data on climate change. JUNE 27 , 2016....
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Like a shot to Greenland’s highest elevation
Celebrating the World Environment Day by navigating the polar ice in a zero emission vehicle – the WindSled – and performing environmental science is an unbeatable situation. That is precisely what we...
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