3/03/2009

IceBird Kitesled team members Ben Deacon and Dave Goldie are returning to Canada this March to complete a journey cut short by car accident last year.
 
They'll be travelling by kite-powered sled from Churchill to Moosonee on the shores of Hudson Bay, a journey of over 2000 kilometres.
 
The area south of Churchill is known as "Polar Bear Alley", and is one of the richest Polar Bear habitats in the world.  
 
The team will be testing out a new sleeping compartment on their sled, dubbed "the Flying Igloo", enabling 24 hour continuous travel.
They'll also be attempting to beat the world 24 polar travel record, which currently stands at 500km.

View the Kitesled blog site here