Polar Race Expedition Sponsors
Polar Adventures would like to thank all our suppliers for their help in providing equipment and support for the Polar Race.
In particular, we give special thanks to the following companies for their time and generosity.
Baffin
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As their name suggests, Baffin Footwear Technology design state-of-the-art, high-performance footwear for extreme conditions. Baffin have kitted out our racers with their specially developed boots, designed for durability, heat conservation, and moisture management. Oh, and not forgetting comfort too! |
Data Connection
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Data Connection is one of the world's leading communications technology companies, with a unique ability to deliver innovative software and hardware products spanning traditional and next generation IT networks. Data Connection are providing IT support facilities prior to and during the Polar Race. |
First Air
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Racing to the North Pole is hard, but it's no mean feat even getting to the starting line! First Air are one of the few airlines equipped to fly a full contingent of contestants, organisers, and all their kit from the metropolis of Ottawa to the small town of Resolute Bay, a distance in itself of over 2000 miles. |
First Choice Expedition Foods
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First Choice Expedition Foods are the selected food supplier for the Polar Race. They will be providing the high energy food packs distributed to all competitors during the race. The food is specially developed to be highly nutritious yet light and easy to prepare. To the great delight of our racers it's surprisingly tasty too! Our racers will require about three times their normal calorie intake every day, but will want to spend as little time and energy preparing it as possible. The food packs supplied by First Choice Expedition Foods are ideal to meet these conflicting demands. |
Fischer
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Fischer are providing the Nordic skis our teams will be using to race across the Arctic ice plains. Fischer are renowned for kitting out the fastest skiers in the world. Although possibly not skiing quite as fast as Fischer's top athletes, our racers will be glad to know they've got the best that money can buy on their feet. |
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Garmin are generously donating eTrex Vista GPS receivers to each of our racers to carry with them on the 2007 Polar Race. The Polar Race has been using Garmin GPS receivers ever since the first race in 2003. They have been proven to withstand the Arctic elements time and again; never once have they let us down. We are very pleased and proud to be using Garmin receivers again in 2007. |
Hare & Hounds Hotel, Westonbirt
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The Hare & Hounds Hotel in Westonbirt, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire has been the location for several Polar Race events. The staff have provided great hospitality to organisers and racers alike. And didn't bat an eyelid when tents were erected en-masse in their conference room! |
Inukshuk Solutions
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Inukshuk Solutions provides consultancy to organisations and offers a wide range of services, including expedition and event logistics. They are partnering with Polar Adventures to provide many of the organisational, logistical and training functions for the Polar Race. |
Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa
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The Lord Elgin Hotel is an Ottawa landmark. It is providing the last vestiges of luxury for our racers before departing to Resolute Bay, and the first on their return. |
Mountain Hardware
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To keep the Polar Race Checkpoint Team warm and cosy for long periods of time in the bitter arctic conditions, a tent is needed that's roomy yet stable, something built to handle extended use in the harshest of environments. It has to be adaptable to double as a doctor's surgery or emergency team shelter, and so something out of the ordinary is called for. Many thanks to our friends at Mountain Hardware for coming up with the answer. They have offered to provide us with a tent that fulfills all of our Checkpoint Team's conflicting needs. |
PowerMonkey
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Powertraveller.com is dedicated to manufacturing and supplying Technology that Travels - essential gadgets designed to fit in with your life and make your holiday, trip or journey more relaxing and enjoyable. Powertraveller.com is providing the Polar racers with PowerMonkeys - small, portable, emergency chargers which can be used to charge mobile phones, iPods, MP3s, PDAs and more! The PowerMonkey will hold its charge without leakage for up to 6 months and is small, agile and powerful. The innovative PowerMonkey will be ready to provide emergency power when needed most - without taking up loads of valuable space. |
Rab
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Rab are the world leaders in extreme cold weather clothing, with their logo often seen adorning the jackets of mountain summiteers and polar explorers. So it's no surprise that Rab were chosen as suppliers for the Polar Race. Each racer has received an "Andes" down jacket from Rab's Extreme range together with windcheater clothing to help keep them warm in the -40°C Arctic conditions. And as with all the equipment supplied to our racers, it's theirs to keep after the Race. |
Snowsled
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Snowsled are a leading supplier of pulks and sleds to the expedition industry. Snowsled are supplying all the pulks, together with their harnesses and bindings, which racers will be pulling over the ice, for 400 miles, to transport their food, clothing, tents and other equipment. |
South Camp Inn, Resolute Bay
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The South Camp Inn at Resolute Bay will be Polar Race HQ during April 2007, providing accommodation to all organisers and racers (except, of course, when they're camping out on the ice!) As well as accommodation, the South Camp Inn provides a communications hub from which the Polar Race organisers can contact racers and the rest of the world, by satellite phone, telephone and the internet. The South Camp Inn has been used by the Polar Race in 2003, and 2005, and we're looking forward to going back again in 2007. |
Swiss One
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Swiss One are providing sunglasses and goggles for the teams. Swiss One are a leading supplier to the expedition industry. |
Terra Nova
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Terra Nova are one of the leading UK suppliers for outdoor equipment, encompassing the brand names of Extremities, Wild Country as well as Terra Nova itself. It's tents for which we've turned to Terra Nova, as they have a range of specially designed, high endurance, no compromise tents that are proven in extreme polar conditions. It is these tents that our teams will be calling "home" for four weeks, relying on them for protection in the harsh arctic environment. |
Taunton Leisure
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Taunton Leisure has been specialising in outdoor products for over 25 years. They are one of the thoroughbreds in the outdoor equipment market. This background together with their wide range of products is the reason that Polar Adventures have turned to them to supply much of the kit being used by contestants and organisers in the Polar Race, encompassing everything from clothing to cooking utensils. As such, they are one of the major suppliers to the event, and provide an invaluable partnership for which Polar Adventures is extremely grateful. |
Wedgwood
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Wedgwood have provided the 'Wedgwood Blue Ice' trophy to be presented to the winning team. The trophy has been uniquely designed to reflect the challenges set by the Polar Race. |
