expedition skills

Serious about your polar expedition preparation? Looking for a comprehensive course which covers in detail, everything you will need to be better prepared. This extensive training, developed and delivered by Hannah McKeand is the best you will find.

  Polar Expedition Training, the original Finse Polar skills training course provider. It is comprehensive in the content and top quality in the delivery.  

Preparation, practice, repeat - train hard and travel well. There are many ways to approach an expedition - the key is to be prepared. Knowing your equipment, how to use it, how to problem solve in a hostile environment under stress or fatigue, how to prepare physically and mentally and what about the logistics involved for an expedition. 

Four Key Topics which create a prepared expeditioner are:

- Hard Skills (travel, navigation, campcraft)

- Equipment and Clothing systems (best practices, best products)

- Pre expedition preparation and logistics before and during (imperative)

- Medical, personal safety and health (keeping well on an expedition)

 We focus on quality, good style and careful, considered travel.

Experience level:  Willing to learn to ski with a pulk, in good physical condition and an enthusiasm for learning winter travel skills at -15C  

Be in touch to discuss your training needs

Be in touch if you need:

•  Advice and a seasoned expedition person to discuss your plans with
• Help with training and/or logistics
•  Equipment while you train in Finse, Norway and area