With ski and sail across Greenland

disolamento total unimmensa surrounded by glacial ice. Parties on April 13 from the village of Narsarsuaq, on the southern coast of Greenland, where they live only 150 Eskimos, has reached its destination after a grueling journey to Qaanaaq, buffeted by storms of snow with temperatures down as 20 degrees below zero. No external support, just skiing and sailing a kite to travel up to 130 kilometers per day, each pulling a sled of about 130 pounds.

make an announcement of the crossing took place was the wife of Pontrandolfo that, after receiving a phone call at midnight, updated the blog gazzetta.it that accompanied the firm: "I'm finally out of the glacier , they landed on a strip of ice and have assembled the tent. They said to be very tired, but having made it. "The two companies are not new to extreme Martinuzzi has climbed Kilimanjaro, as well as 5 thousand km path cycling in Namibia and crossed the Canadian Rocky Mountain skis, Pontrandolfo was the first Italian to reach the magnetic North Pole alone.

The last day of the trip were the most hard, they had to cross an area full of crevices and places where the ice melted, forming rivers and lakes that forced them into more opportunities to lengthen the course. Because of the impervious ice conditions, on May 21, Martinuzzi risked falling into a crevasse: I see him jump two meters - says Michele's blog - and land in the upper edge of the crevasse. lying motionless on the ground but safe. Not that in the days before things got better. Especially towards the end of April, Mark and Michael had risked seeing The enterprise failed due to continual storms of snow and ice and the prolongation of the stops, so that the two at some point they feared not having enough food for continue. The blog of Michael

Pontrandolfo of gazzetta.it