The lighter the loads that the Ice Team will be carrying, the faster and further they can travel, meaning the more data they can gather along their route.

We are using re-supplies to ensure the Ice Team remain as agile as possible. Due to the large amounts of scientific equipment, sledge weights will still exceed 100kg.

On each of the re-supplies, the intention is that a Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter plane will set off from Resolute Bay, land at one of the two Ice Bases and re-fuel, before flying the remaining distance to the Ice Team position. If ice and weather conditions are good the plane will land, hand over food and other supplies to the Ice Team, and collect back-up scientific and image data (stored on compact flash cards). They will then fly back to Ice Base 1 to re-fuel before heading back to the Forward Operating Base at Resolute. If the Twin Otter can’t land at the Ice Team position then supplies will be dropped by air.