patagonia
CROSSING THE NORTHERN PATAGONIAN ICECAP
THE Holy Grail
Is this the ‘Holy Grail’ for adventurous explorers? We like to think so! Few places have a more dramatic nature. No trip has such a huge variety of challenges.
A bit harder than Greenland so you need to be well prepared; you will experience Chilean summer, a great drive through the Andes, a lake crossing, a night in a farm, riding horses up the valley, a big carry up onto the glacier, crossing with sleds, fighting a wild icefall descending, and then down through the rainforest to the fjords!
Can you let this one pass?
Date: TBA
Price: NOK ???
Deposit: NOK 18.000
• The trip is set for same time every year.
• Prices may rice 3-5% every year.
• Expect 1 leader and 6 participants pr team
• Duration: Approx. 22 days
Expedition details
BØRGE OUSLAND WRITES: ‘This is one of the most beautiful trips I have been on. I did my first expedition to Patagonia in 2003, when Thomas Ulrich and I crossed the Southern Patagonia icecap, (You can read about this trip in National Geographic Magazine, August 2004), and I have since been spellbound by the dramatic and strong nature of this little visited corner of earth.
In 2009 Bengt Rotmo and I also crossed the Northern icecap, which is an equally stunning experience. Mountains, ice and lush green forest. Mix that with horse riding, a sea journey and warm welcoming people; then you have included all the elements of Patagonia in one trip.‘
Patagonia has been one of the true ‘Holy Grails’ of travellers and explorers since Magellan gave the area it’s name. Funnily enough it came about due to the locals he met there called ‘patagón’ as they stood out as giants (they were probably some 180cm – but the Spanish at the time averaged 155cm…).
For us, eying the Patagonian Ice Sheet, the name makes a lot of sense. This is the largest mass of ice outside the Polar regions, and it is both spectacular and a daunting challenge. Our focus is on the Northern Ice Field with it’s 4.200 km2, an elevation of 1.100 – 1.700 metres and with as many as 28 icefalls
Price / date / booking
As we have not been able to provide this trip for some years, it is pointless to provide many details. We expect that to change when we go back. Same fantastic experience, but with different logistics.
In the meantime you are more than welcome to contact us for a chat to keep the dream alive :-)
