Greenland · April – May 2022
The Greenland
Crossing
In April–May 2022, Ben completed a 560 km expedition to cross Greenland from east to west, once again facing the hostile and harsh polar environment, with temperatures reaching down to −40 °C, and pulling his 80 kg sled laden with supplies and equipment to enable him to complete the journey.
RouteEast coast → DYE-2 → the west coast, across the ice sheet
Distance560 km
TeamThe Hvitserk group — eight skiers from Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the UK
In aid ofCancer Research UK
560KM
East to west across the ice sheet
−40°C
At the coldest
80KG
Sled hauled from the coast
8
Skiers in the Hvitserk team
The story
From the ice
Following the death of his mother in 2018, due to cancer that had been left undiagnosed and only discovered after it had spread throughout her body, Ben set out to raise funds for Cancer Research UK through this journey together with the solo expedition to the South Pole that followed in November 2022.
Travelling over 560 km across Greenland with the Hvitserk group of seven other adventurers from Norway, Denmark and Sweden was a truly fantastic and memorable experience. The full story, written from the ice as it happened, is in the journal below.
The journal
Photos · 2022
Greenland in pictures
Next expedition · November 2022
Solo to the South Pole
700 miles from Hercules Inlet to the Geographic South Pole in 57 days — alone, hauling a sled, through whiteouts, storms and sastrugi.