Polar Challenge 2013 and 2015

The Extreme World Races Polar Challenge gives competitors the opportunity to experience one of the last remaining wildernesses of the world by racing to the very top of it at the Magnetic North pole.

Racing in teams of two or three, competitors set off from Resolute in Northern Canada across a terrain of frozen sea ice and arctic tundra. As well as racing against the other teams and dealing with the extremes of environment, competitors are also likely to have to factor polar bears into the game plan, the natural inhabitants of this extreme environment and the most powerful animals on earth.

The package includes: 

•   Full insurance and safety cover

•   Support with fundraising ideas and sponsorship

•   UK training weekend

•   Return flights for training and the race itself from London (usually Heathrow)

•   All clothing, equipment and food.

•   One weeks intensive arctic training at our centre in Hjerkinn, Norway

•   Full support and advice from experts before during and after the challenge

•   10 days pre-race training in Resolute Bay, Canada

•   The race itself

•   A UK awards party dinner after the race

Race distance: 563km

Calendar: 

5^th – 7^th October 2012 / 2014  - Wales training weekend

12^th – 19^th January 2013 /2015 - Norway/Iceland training week

12^th April - 15^th May 2013 / 2015 (*tbc) - Arctic training and the race itself

APPLICATION CUT OFF DATE: 31ST NOVEMBER 2012 / 2014