Quick Fact Sheet

-Members:
Sarah McNair-Landry (21),
Eric McNair-Landry (22),
Curtis Jones (29)

-Expedition Information:
Location: Greenland ice cap
Start: Narsarsuak
End: Qaanaaq
Direction: South-North
Length: 2300 kilometers (roughly)
Start date: May 25th
End date: July 15th
Days on the ice: 45
Elevation gain: 2000 meters
Average kite travel speed: 25km/h
Max kite speed: +60 km/h
Stuffed animals being brought on the trip: 3
Expected temperature range: +5 to -25 C
Navigation: GPS, compass, sun
Sled weight: 110 kg/person
Calories per day: 5500 –for kiting days, 2500 for no-wind days

-Facts on the Greenland ice cap:
Contains 2.85 million cubic km of ice
Coldest place in the northern hemisphere
Maximum thickness: 3200 m thick
If the ice cap melted, global sea levels would raise by 6-7 meters
Greenland’s ice cap contains the atmospheric information for the last  one hundred thousand years

-Interesting facts about the expedition:
Youth lead expedition
The route has been completed only 7 times in the past
Takes between 21 - 86 days to complete the expedition
Eric and Sarah hold the world record for the fastest east-west ice cap  crossing at 7 days for 550 km
The team will travel mostly at night when the winds are higher and  temperatures colder
A session of kiting can last for as long as the winds do or the members  can hold up; 18-24 hours of kiting (with breaks every 2.5 hours) are  common on a good day
The team will keep a blog on their website which they will update daily from the ice