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Polar explorers Dixie Dansercoer and Sam Deltour wisely decided recently to stop with their current route of the Antarctic ICE Expedition and re-commence their expedition with a new route. Widespread and enormously high sastrugi (rigid snow and ice formations) and a strong headwind have made it impossible for Sam and Dixie to use their kite …

After a winter spent searching for snow in the Northern Alps … the need of white and wide landscapes began to arise … but since nature does things well, all the snow we did not receive at home, felt on the Scandinavian countries. I then decide to join my friend Ivan (Freeairadventures.com), who offers Snowkiting …

UAE-based adventurer Adrian Hayes (UK) and adventurers Devon McDiarmid and Derek Crowe (both Canada), traversed the full length of the Greenland ice cap from Narsaq to JP Kocks Fjord and then on to Qaanaq, NW Greenland, travelling a straight line distance of 3120 kms. The 67 day journey travelled a straight line distance of 3120 …

Kite skiing in Antarctica with average temperatures in the winter season between -30 to -45 degrees celcius is a bit different than kiting in the snow fields or on a beach back home. None the less, if you love and enjoy kiting like we do the cold won’t be a factor at all; it only …

Check out the amazing archivement of Michael and Cornelius who just managed to cross Greenland from south to north using Ozone Snowkites. After the Pittark Team made the same trip last year it seems that more and more expeditions are following them. Our congratulations to Michael and Cornelius! We are wondering what comes next? Read …

Hardy Brandstötter was thefirst Snowkiter who tried to cross the Ice of the Baikalseain Sybiria. On March, 27th his journey started as a spectecular Snowkite Adventure with a solo run through 1200km Ice and Snow. Find below his review of the Solo crossing of Syberia: Finally I was ready an went on the Tupolev plane …

There were many inspirations for this expedition, but first and foremost was a trip up to the Wrangell-St.Elias Mountains the year before which redefined my idea of mountains. As a skier visiting this area for the first time, it is like a sailor going from his local lake to the Pacific Ocean-the scale is too …

Hardy Brandstötter, will be the first Snowkiter who tries to cross the Ice of the Baikalseain Sybiria. On March, 27th his journey starts as a spectecular Snowkite Adventure with a solo run through 1200km Ice and Snow. Some description in his own words from Stormriders.at below. In spring 2006 after reading some books about the …

The Pittarak Expedition in an expedition set on inspiring youth to peruse their dreams. In the summer of 2007 this team of three competent adventures will embark on an unsupported South to North crossing of the Greenland ice cap, a 2300 km journey using only skis and kites.The Expedition starts from the southern tip of …