The North Greenland Windsled Expedition 2026 has successfully concluded after several weeks of operations on the Greenland Ice Cap. Led by polar explorer Ramón Larramendi, the international team included Antonio Mangia, Jens Jacob "JJ" Simonsen, Bendt-Poul Jensen,...
Arriving in Upernavik The first days of May were a time of intense preparation. The team arrived in stages in Upernavik, the remote Arctic town that serves as the expedition's gateway to the ice. Sleds were assembled, equipment tested, and gear protected from the rain...
On May 1st, Ramón Larramendi, Jens Jacob Simonsen, and Bendt-Poul Jensen, together with a team of local Inuit hunters and fishermen, put the newest member of the Inuit Windsled Project to the test: the Hydrocopter. The first part of the team is already in Upernavik,...
From April 14 to 21, 2026, the second expedition of the TransGreenland Electric Challenge took place in Qaleraliq. This phase focused on testing the performance of the electric snowmobile system, with special attention to technical trials related to load capacity,...
After just 17 days of intense polar travel, the Windsled team has completed a historic round-trip crossing of northern Greenland — a total of 1,541 kilometers — paving the way for future zero-emission scientific expeditions in one of the most remote regions on Earth....
The North Greenland Windsled Expedition 2025 has achieved a remarkable milestone: in just five days, the Inuit Windsled team has successfully crossed over 700 kilometers of remote Arctic terrain—from the west coast of Greenland to its eastern edge. This expedition not...
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...
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...
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...
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...