200,000 Kids Cross the Greenland Ice Cap

Niall McCann (left) and Murray Smith (right) of Team Epic (Patron Sir Ranulph Fiennes) are good friends of SuperClubsPLUS and GoldStarCafe, so were happy to take about 200,000 children with them on their epic 25-day crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap.

They journeyed on foot, unsupported – just the two of them, hauling 90kg sleds 335 miles up and over the mile thick ice cap, from Tasiilaq on the East coast to Kangerlussuaq on the West coast. While on the ice they risked close encounters with polar bears, they spent whole days skiing in whiteout conditions with gale-force winds and temperatures as low as -25°C plus wind-chill. Their ski bindings broke. They suffered blisters, sunburn, snow blindness, and frostbite in some awkward places. Murray even met one of Santa's Elves.

They shared all the risk, all the effort and sometimes the excruciating pain with the children of SCP and GSC who walked with them every step of the way through their blog in the Adventure Club and their courageous efforts inspired over 100 children to write accounts of their own real life adventures.