It’s been six months since I last posted a blog. Laziness really, I have done a couple of trips walking the Wales Coast Path with Jeremy, but I haven’t got around to writing them up…

The title gives the trail and destination away, really. Stephen and I will be Polar Bear dodging in the West of Greenland, roughly following the 66 degree longitude line, where daylight and darkness fight for dominance. We’re there during the stalemate, where neither daylight nor darkness has the upper hand. Even so, the daylight hours will diminish by more than three hours in the two weeks that we’re walking.

Don’t ask me to pronounce our start and end points, as it would be an insult to the local Inuit population. Although we will be adding 35km to the already 160km long trail by taking the trip to Point 660 at the edge of the largest ice sheet outside of the Antarctic. An ice sheet that is up to 3km thick and one that holds 8% of the worlds fresh water, and walk back to Kangerlussuaq the official start of the Arctic Circle Trail. I think most of you that read any of my blogs will know that I have a fascination with the colder climates of this world and although I’ve been to Greenland before I’ve never walked on the ice sheet itself. So, Stephen and I will wander back to Kangerlussusq, camping under the 60m wall of ice that is the Russell Glacier before starting the trail proper.

From the trails start, at Kangerlussuaq to it’s end at Sisimiut there are no resupply opportunities so your existence relies on being able to carry 10 days worth of sustenance and all the other essentials required to survive in the wilderness! What one man calls essential another calls useless, such as my luxury blowup down filled pillow and my Salted Caramel Costa Latte! Whatever our vices are they have to be carried… I’m sure some of these vices will soon be dropped by the wayside!

Our journey begins on Sunday, traveling to Copenhagen before flying out to Greenland on Monday.

I will put the Polar Bear question to bed, sightings are very rare in this part of Greenland and not one person has been attacked whilst on the trail…

Black: fight back

Brown: lie down

White: goodnight

So it’s au revoir and not goodnight.

This blog won’t be updated as often as I’d like as for most of the trail there is no phone signal… absolute bliss.