If you don’t already in these wintry conditions you’re almost guaranteed to feel cold after reading our intrepid Bader Grant Recipient of the Month, Jesse Dufton’s, latest report and seeing Molly Thompson’s beautiful accompanying photographs.
Here, in Jesse’s own words, his story continues with the first week of his expedition:
We are extremely grateful to Jesse Dufton for sharing this latest instalment of his expedition to Arctic Greenland. Sincere thanks also to Molly Thompson for allowing us to use her stunning photographs.
Most of us can probably only begin to imagine what courage it would take to tackle an expedition like this fully sighted, to do so when registered blind/severely sight impaired like Jesse, was a true feat of courage and endurance also requiring absolute trust in your fellow expedition members. We were proud to be able to support Jesse on this adventure and I’m already looking forward to the next instalment!
For those of you who may wonder just what is involved in setting up and taking down camp in these extreme conditions when often, as you can see from the image above, visibility is poor anyway, here is a treat! This time-lapse film demonstrates brilliantly how quickly a team working efficiently in coordination can pack up camp. Amazing stuff!
Please click on the image to see the action!
Please contact us if you’d like a high-res copy of any of Molly’s images.
Further reading. Links will open in new tabs:
- Click HERE to read the 1st Instalment on the DBF Website
- Click on the link for the Expedition Summary
- Click on the link for the full Expedition Report (Please note that this is a large file and may take a while to open. It’s well worth the wait though, packed full of fascinating information about just what this expedition aimed to achieve and what was entailed.)