AJE welcomes a new team mate!

Exciting annoucement regarding a new member of the AJE team. Welcome Johnny!

Johnny is an Inuit from Igluligaarjuk, in Nunavut, and has grown up hunting, fishing and camping with his elders as Inuit have for centuries. Johnny works with various organisations that address mental health conditions through counselling and traditional activities. Johnny is a keen volunteer and youth mentor regularly teaching Arctic games and traditions at youth institutions as one of the most successful Inuit Games athletes of his generation.

He is an active Arctic Ambassador and holds Arctic Stewardship for ‘Students on Ice’, an international student development programme. In February 2012 he was awarded The Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Governor General, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, for efforts towards “improving the health and wellbeing of Nunavummiut”. Johnny represents an important cultural link in the Education and Outreach Programme of the expedition.

Exciting new addition to our team

The Arctic Jubilee Expedition welcomes a new team mate. Looking forward to working with you Jim!

James Gudjonson: ACMG/IFMGA Guide

James has been a professional mountain guide for the last 18 years; he became a member of the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA) after training in the Canadian Mountain and Ski Guide Program (CMSG). His duties as a guide involve working as an instructor/examiner on various CMSG programs as well as coordinating contractors and students involved with the program. James has led many international expeditions including: Chile, Peru, Japan, Argentina and Alaska. James holds the Distinguished Service Award (2008) for his activity within the Alpine Club of Canada. He is also the Energy and Sustainability Manger at Thompson Rivers University, overseeing the reduction of GHG emissions and fostering a ‘culture of sustainability’ throughout the university.

James’s role on the expedition will be to work alongside Antony in leading and developing those with less experience to enhance their mountaineering skills and expedition safety; he will play a key role in skill progression.

Training in the darkness with AJE

AJE expands with new members of the expedition!

The AJE would like to welcome all the of the volunteers from Plymouth University who have joined the merry band to help in fundraising and promoting the expedition.

We look forward to working with you all!

Media Coverage for the AJE

An update on our recent media coverage. The Arctic Jubilee Expedition has been the subject of two articles in the Plymouth press. Please find links below to view these articles.

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Plymouth-team-mark-jubilee-peak-polar-experience/story-15231988-detail/story.html

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Explorers-campaign-new-heights-bid-scale-Canadian/story-15332081-detail/story.html

Upcoming events include, a radio appearance with John Govier on Radio Devon between 10am and 1pm on Saturday 24th March.