BES Arctic Leadership Skills Programme

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Location: near Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Map:  78.34 N 16.75 E

Leader: James Dyer      Members: 3 Instructors and 15 Mountaineers

Affiliation: British Exploring Society

Objectives: To train leaders in polar/arctic leadership skills; this will include camp craft, leadership, ice and glacier movement, rescue, safety and emergency techniques, environmental awareness, polar bear behaviour and counter measures

Dates: 9 June to 22 June 2015

Contact (or email through the Arctic Club): arctic.club.uk@gmail.com

Web-site: www.britishexploring.org/                

Supported by: Gino Watkins Memorial Fund

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