RAF Regiment Northern Exposure Expedition: Remembering Exercise Atlantic Challenge

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Remembering Exercise Atlantic Challenge - 2004

The last few minutes of the Sky News Documentary about the Atlantic Row in 2004 with Jacko; it always reminds me of the epic which we endured for over 78 days and leaves me questioning why would I be so happy to do it all over again.

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barry shaw27 August 2011 at 11:36
I remember it well!
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Robert Kinnell27 August 2011 at 13:20
Great effort from you both.
To think that it all came out of some "brainstorming"!
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Royal Air Force Regiment Northern Exposure 3 Expedition

In 2011 the RAF Regiment Northern Exposure Expedition hoped to leave from Cape Discovery and ski, walk and swim their way unsupported across the pack ice to the Geographic North Pole - a distance of 416 nautical miles (770 km). However, the weather prevented us from even getting to Cape Discovery. The team will return to the Arctic in 2015 to try again but in the mean time will conduct a full mission rehearsal in 2014 by skiing to the Magnetic North Pole (1996 location).

This 350 nautical mile trip across pack ice which is always shifting, leads which crack open and with pressure ridges build into massive walls of ice chunks with temperatures often below -40 C. The aim of this training Expedition is to reach the Magnetic Pole as quickly as we can and see how far we can get back towards Resolute Bay in 35 days. This is a personal challenge against the elements which will take as long as it takes.

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Remembering Exercise Atlantic Challenge - 2004

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