A Great Send Off to Greenland for Alan & Peter on 28th April 2008

April 28, 2008 | Filed Under Education, On the Ice, Pre Expedition | 2 Comments

Today saw a great send off for Alan and Peter Herbert as they head to the coolest classroom on earth - to start their amazing challenge of crossing Greenland. The day started at Exeter Airport where children from local schools and members of Flybe came to see Peter off as he headed by road […]

Bristol Launch of Feet of Green at Queen Square Dining Rooms Draws Schools and Business Together

March 7, 2008 | Filed Under Education, Pre Expedition | No Comments

3rd March saw over 70 business people, school teachers and children come together for the Bristol based launch of Feet of Green.
The event was kindly hosted by Queen Square Dining Rooms where the Feet of Green team made a presentation describing how the vision for Feet of Green had been born out of the collaboration […]

Feet of Green Ice samples to Support Leading Research at the University of Bristol

February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Education, Pre Expedition | No Comments

On 6th February Alan Chambers MBE and Dr Richard Hale met with Professor Jonathan Bamber, from the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol. Professor Bamber is a renowned authority in the field of climatology, in particular in the polar regions and is part of The Bristol Glaciology Centre which leads world-class research in the […]

Feet of Green Adventurer Visits Branscombe School

February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | No Comments

7th February saw Peter Herbert visit Branscombe school and provide an inspirational session with forty children. Peter said ‘I was most impressed with the level of questioning about the expedition and the children all had a good time getting to understand how we operate in the ice.’ Peter will be returning to the school for […]

Flybe Come On Board as Emerald Sponsor

February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | 2 Comments

The Feet of Green team are delighted to welcome Flybe as Emerald sponsors of the Greenland expedition. Shown in the picture Simon Lilley, Director of Marketing meeting with Peter Herbert.

Pete says “It is great to have Flybe on board as - they are world class leaders in the aviation business and have a real […]

Peter Herbert meets Women Sport Report

February 25, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | No Comments

As a Ruby sponsor of Feet of Green. Women sport report.com is a magazine set up to raise the level of awareness and visibility of women in sport and provides an accurate and totally up-to-date source of information on all of women’s athletics.

In the picture you can see Peter Herbert meeting the managing directors Helen […]

Feet of Green Support Keynsham Rugby Football Club Under 8s

February 4, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | No Comments

The 3rd February saw the presentation of Feet of Green raintops to the Keynsham RFC Under 8s.

Pictured are the squad, with coaches and Alan Chambers and Richard Hale, prior to the team’s Sunday training session and matches. Richard an ex-player at Keynsham said: ‘I am delighted to see Keynsham Rugby Club supporting Feet of Green. […]

Top Greenland explorer meets With Feet of Green team

January 25, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | No Comments

Friday 18th January saw the meeting at Queen Square Dining Rooms, Bristol of Charlie Paton, one of the most experienced Greenland explorers, with the Feet of Green team. Charlie was the only other explorer to reach the geographic North Pole in the 2000 expedition with Alan Chambers, when they set the record of becoming the […]

Feet of Green Team meet Royal British Legion in London

January 25, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | No Comments

Today Richard & Alan met with the Royal British Legion head of events and fund raising Terresa Greener and her team in central London. They discussed innovative ways and methods of joining forces with the Feet of Green team and the project sponsor the Great British Mobility Group.

There will be an ongoing fund raising initiative […]

Pete and Alan have a route planning session in Bristol

January 23, 2008 | Filed Under Pre Expedition | No Comments

With the expedition crossing the icecap midway North the route across needs meticulous planning. A study of Wegener’s route has provided the team with initial information albeit nearly eighty years previous it has helped determine the teams time distance speed walking plan. The goal of Wegener mid ice station named ESIMITTE will be the initial […]