We have a saying that knowledge dispels fear and we aim to have you setting off into the challenges of your expedition with an inner sense of confidence in yourself, your equipment and your team.
This is achieved through a structured training programme which ensures that the required technical knowledge has been grasped. Over the five month training period a steady programme will have built sufficient levels of fitness to not only take on the challenge but also to enjoy it.
The training foundation is a three day weekend on Dartmoor. This will comprise of fitness assessments, team-building exercises and lectures on safety, equipment and life on the ice. We sleep in decent beds, eat good food and drink the odd glass or two of pop; its great fun.
At the weekend you will be issued with a harness, ski sticks and a tyre which will eventually become a friend as you tow it round the country side. In essence one is training to become a beast of burden rather than an athlete. A bit of weight helps and the fastest we will ever travel at is a healthy walk. The tyre replicates a sledge and hauling it builds up the right muscles and works on endurance. This is a marathon not a sprint. An hour every other day with a two hour haul over the weekend is enough.
We have further team get-togethers and if it is appropriate we are happy to have an evening with partners to walk through the expedition and answer any concerns that they might have.
By the time you arrive at Heathrow for the first flight north it will feel like a reunion of close friends with a common and exciting goal rather than a gaggle of awkward strangers.
Steve OwenDeputy CEO Brixton Plc
From Heathrow we fly up to Svalbard for three days of acclimatisation, final equipment checks and safety training above the Arctic Circle. Next stop is a Russian aircraft for a four hour flight to 89 degree’s and the start of what will become one of the most rewarding trips of your life.
We have a saying that knowledge dispels fear and we aim to have you setting off into the challenges of your expedition with an inner sense of confidence in yourself, your equipment and your team.
At the weekend you will be issued with a harness, ski sticks and a tyre which will eventually become a friend as you tow it round the country side. In essence one is training to become a beast of burden rather than an athlete. A bit of weight helps and the fastest we will ever travel at is a healthy walk. The tyre replicates a sledge and hauling it builds up the right muscles and works on endurance. This is a marathon not a sprint. An hour every other day with a two hour haul over the weekend is enough. 
From Heathrow we fly up to Svalbard for three days of acclimatisation, final equipment checks and safety training above the Arctic Circle. Next stop is a Russian aircraft for a four hour flight to 89 degree’s and the start of what will become one of the most rewarding trips of your life. 
