The Expeditions
No one forgets an inspirational teacher! Four teachers have now participated in completed expeditions organised by the Fuchs Foundation. Each has faced the challenges of working in some of the most extreme environments on the planet, while at the same time conducting useful projects to take back to their students in the classroom.
FFAE2009 - Arctic Expedition
The 2009 Arctic expedition crossed the Greenland Icecap between 66 and 67 degrees North using dog sledge teams. The teachers and leaders departed on the 1st of May 2009, travelling via Reykjavik to the east coast of Greenland. While there, they conducted a teaching project in the local school at Ammassalik and completed the crossing in 20 days, returning to the UK on the 2nd of June.
FFAE2007 - Antarctic Expedition
The 2007 Antarctic expedition departed on the 2nd of November for Punta Arenas, from where the team flew to the Patriot Hills base. From there they reached Henderson Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains, where they conducted research on lichen, tardigrades, human physiology, and glaciology. During their final push the team covered 32 kilometres in 17 hours and experienced an 8-day weather delay before returning to the UK before Christmas.
Read the individual pages for each expedition to learn more about the participants and their activities.