{"id":28263,"date":"2026-04-19T21:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/voorbereidingen-voor-een-groenland-expeditie-de-logistiek\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:22:05","slug":"voorbereidingen-voor-een-groenland-expeditie-de-logistiek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/voorbereidingen-voor-een-groenland-expeditie-de-logistiek\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Greenland expedition: the logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1gwz1si-65b00dbab9504b8c861c7b322dfe2eba\">\n.flex_column.av-1gwz1si-65b00dbab9504b8c861c7b322dfe2eba{\npadding:0 20px 0 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1gwz1si-65b00dbab9504b8c861c7b322dfe2eba av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64ztu3-ecb9863e6085779f3701ce94be0d98ca '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Listen to the Greenland Expedition Update<\/h2>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28263-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/grlnd2026-20260419-4.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/grlnd2026-20260419-4.mp3\">https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/grlnd2026-20260419-4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/onderwerpen\/greenland-spring-2026\/\">Read all blogs in English.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/groenland-expeditie-voorjaar-2026\/\">Our live position in Greenland.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 <a href=\"https:\/\/arcticadventure.nl\/en\/expeditions-overview\/groenland-expeditie-voorjaar-2026\/\">Read all previous posts.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f\">\n.flex_column.av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f{\nborder-radius:3px 3px 3px 3px;\npadding:10px 10px 10px 10px;\nbackground-color:#f2f2f2;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1bmxhhu-f5224d651b560eb192fac74ab38ea33f av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64zgdb-764a03b10f56dacf5f241b503f2c1109 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Sign up for the Expedition Newsflash.<\/h2>\n<p>Receive alerts of new blogs in your email during the expedition.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"ml-embedded\" data-form=\"HO1phZ\"><\/div>\n            \n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='hr av-s1j460-8b84e45465358f2aa3aef05aedecf6b4 hr-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-rnnpki-558c6bf59fdaafc19ab18598bf38c424 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mc64ytx1-f782ba5f3613bbe73186e5a4eaf44b03 '  ><div class='avia_textblock' ><h2>Preparations at base camp<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019d like to use this update to take you through the further preparations for a Greenland expedition like this. Of course, there are four participants and a guide who are training incredibly hard physically. But at base camp, we\u2019ve also been busy for several months preparing the entire expedition. In a previous update, I already mentioned all the paperwork\u2014the permit, insurance, weapons permit, communications permit, all those kinds of things. And let\u2019s not forget the bank guarantee. But of course, so much more has happened in recent weeks and months.      <\/p>\n<h2>Sending boxes and equipment<\/h2>\n<p>I, Henk-Jan de Geel, have sent about ten boxes of 20 kg each to Greenland. Those boxes already contained quite a bit of expedition and group equipment\u2014think of tents, shovels, and pegs. But all the food has also been sent to Greenland. We don\u2019t want to land in Kangerlussuaq on the west coast of Greenland and spend another day or two buying food, with the risk that what we need isn&#8217;t available. So, all the food has been sent. There are five of us on the Greenland Ice Sheet. We have food with us for 30 days, and we have about 1.2 kg of food per day. That means 5 times 30 times 1.2. I\u2019ll have to do the math quickly, but I believe we sent just under 200 kg or 150 kg of food to Greenland. This includes, of course, the famous stroopwafels, but also the expedition breakfast\u2014the special Arctic Adventure expedition breakfast\u2014evening meals, lots of nuts from Noten.nl (one of our loyal supporters), Haribo sweets, marzipan, energy bars, and vitamin pills. We\u2019ve sent all of that. So we don\u2019t have to buy it once we\u2019re in Kangerlussuaq. But it still needs to be repacked into special daily bags, so you have one bag of expedition food per day.              <\/p>\n<h2>Logistics and shipping control<\/h2>\n<p>So, a lot of gear has been sent. How did I do it? I didn\u2019t send everything at once. No, I first sent three boxes to see if they would even arrive. We have a contact person in Greenland who receives those boxes for us. After those boxes arrived, I sent the remaining seven. It\u2019s quite exciting. Initially, I weighed all those boxes on my regular bathroom scales. Once, I got to the post office and they weighed the boxes again. It came out to exactly 19.980 kg. I found that a bit too close for comfort. So, I bought a box scale. Now I can weigh all the other boxes to exactly 19.990 kg. When I get to the post office, it roughly matches what I weighed beforehand. They aren&#8217;t allowed to weigh more than 20 kg per box. By the way, sending a box to Greenland isn&#8217;t a three-day delivery. No, it takes about three weeks to arrive. So you always have to keep track of when those boxes have arrived. Furthermore, we don\u2019t send those boxes randomly. I\u2019ve numbered each box from 1 to 10 and indicated exactly what\u2019s in each one. So I know at a detailed level what is where. If a box hasn&#8217;t arrived, I can check the list: okay, box number 8 is missing, for example. What exactly is in box number 8? That way, we know what we might be missing and what we need to rearrange in Greenland.                        <\/p>\n<h2>Routes, communication, and contacts<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve also looked at the routes from previous years. All those routes have been combined. We\u2019ve reviewed satellite images again for the crevasse fields. Based on that, we\u2019ve mapped out several new optional routes to the other side of Greenland. Not that it\u2019s very complicated, as it\u2019s basically just walking from west to east. But you can always go a few kilometers in the other direction if you need to cross a crevasse field. The list of important phone numbers has been updated. We have some new contacts in Greenland, so it\u2019s good to have their important phone numbers. SIM cards have been requested and will be sent to us in time\u2014specifically SIM cards for the satellite phone. And I\u2019ve updated the contact person for all emergency beacons, since I am currently the base camp manager and the contact person for the expedition. In previous years, someone else was the contact person and I was the expedition leader.           <\/p>\n<h2>Final coordination and departure<\/h2>\n<p>Those are the kinds of things that have been done. I have a whole checklist that I\u2019m slowly but surely working through. This coming Thursday, April 23, Karin is coming over. Then we\u2019ll discuss the details of the expedition again to ensure we\u2019re both aligned with our expectations and assumptions. Then we\u2019ll basically be ready. Plane tickets are ordered, hotels are booked, contacts have been informed, and the permit is in. It\u2019s really just a matter of checking in for the flight and going. It\u2019s all still exciting, because you only really know what you\u2019re in for the moment you set foot on that Greenland Ice Sheet. Until then, it\u2019s a lot of running through scenarios in your head and anticipating them.        <\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Greenland expedition requires extensive preparation, such as shipping equipment and food, logistical planning, and route optimization. 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