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North Greenland Windsled Expeditions has begun
The Inuit Windsled Project takes another step forward this May 2025 with the start of a new phase: the North Greenland Windsled Expeditions—an ambitious journey that marks the beginning of a regular series of zero-emission scientific traverses through Greenland’s most...
Trans-Greenland Electric Challenge: A New Era of Polar Exploration Begins
From April 16 to 29, 2025, a pioneering expedition made history on the Greenland Ice Cap: the Trans-Greenland Electric Challenge, the first attempt to cross this vast frozen landscape using an electric snowmobile powered solely by solar energy. The expedition was led...
Greenland Qimusseq Patrol in Innaarsuit
Greenland Qimusseq Patrol: Opening New Paths from InnarsuitThis spring, the Inuit Windsled Society launched a new and exciting initiative: the Greenland Qimusseq Patrol, a journey that merges tradition, exploration, and cultural preservation. Our first reconnaissance...
Research Conducted with the Windsled Published on Nature.com
Microbial biogeography by Victor Parro, Ana Justel and Antonio QuesadaNature is one of the most prestigious academic and scientific journals in the world, and having the opportunity to be featured in one of its articles is one of the most significant milestones in the...
Ramón Larramendi at the Italia Chiama Artico
Osservatorio Artico (Arctic Observatory) is an Italian platform dedicated to the study, analysis and dissemination of issues related to the Arctic and polar regions. It focuses on issues such as climate change, geopolitics, economy and exploration in the Arctic. This...
Anori, Inuit Windsled shines in New York
Anori, recognition for the Windsled and sustainable cinema Sustainable cinema reached a new milestone in New York, where the film Anori, Inuit Windsled, directed by mountaineer and Spanish filmmaker Carlos Pitarch, won the Frontier Award for Best Documentary at the...
Windsled: Breaking new ground in Polar Exploration
On May 6, 2024, a new Windsled expedition began, with an international team led by renowned explorer Ramón Hernando de Larramendi embarking on a challenging journey across Greenland's ice cap from south to north. The team of scientific experts included three...
Diary April 16th 2024 Greenland UnExplored
Since March 28th, when we reached Greenland, we have been finalizing the preparations for the WindSled. At the same time, we were solving a geographical challenge, consisting of being able to ascend to the ice cap with the heavy load of our two exploration...
Diary May 7th 2024 SOS Arctic WINDSLED Expedition: Preparations
The SOS Arctic Windsled Expedition 2024, the preparations for our next expedition have not been easy, but we are ready. We are heading to the base camp from where we will begin the south-to-northwest crossing of Greenland’s interior with the WindSled. This is a new...
DIARY APRIL 24TH 2024 GREENLAND UNEXPLORED
In the weeks since our arrival in Greenland on March 28, we have completed the initial phase of the expedition, which involved organizing and preparing the Windsled equipment in Narsaq. Our primary focus, however, has been on exploring and establishing a land route to...