Hi guys & girls, we are off to Greenland on Monday to start our 1400 km kite expedition from Ilulissat to Qaanaaq, our website http://www.kitegreenland2011.co.uk will have a map with gps updates and we'll be doing dispatches from the ice so do come and say hello. Thanks go to Ozone for their support...

indeed, on long crossings in Greenland and Antarctica they use lines up to 100m long. The challenge on the ice caps is not how to kite in strong winds - that's when the storm sail comes out - but how to get moving in ultra light winds. Apparently with 100m lines and using handles instead of a bar, t...