MUSH THE ARCTIC - NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Now is your chance to do something very different.

Led by former members of the British and Swedish Elite Forces, you will be trained how to mush a dogsled team through thick snow and tundra, then negotiate a snow mobile through some of the world's most remote and breathtaking scenery. We’ll show you how to cross country ski (totally different from your schnapps soaked slopes of Chamonix); you’ll learn ice breaking drills, how to walk in snowshoes, build a Qunisee survival shelter, how to create and maintain fire, ice fish, salt and then smoke reindeer and moose meat (vegetarian options are also available).

The remoteness of this region is otherworldly; you get a strange, yet uplifting feeling of being when you’re at the northernmost extremity of the globe, having reached somewhere very few people will ever go. For the scale, the emptiness, the invigorating cold, the staggering natural beauty; there is no place on earth quite like this.
All travel within Sweden to and from the airport at the beginning and end of the adventure is also included.
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clothing at the beginning of the week to the detailed and patient instruction in the use of snow shoes, x country skiing, snow shelter building, fire-making, foraging and food preparation and the use of snow mobiles.
My personal favourite was being able to guide our huskies and sled over a frozen lake - magical.
This trip was for myself and my son to celebrate his 30th birthday.
The memories we were able to share together will stay with us forever.
Sir Michael Wilkins
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Expert too though, was the way X Platoon and Cold Skills had organized the adventure, giving us a real flavour of surviving military style, in extremely cold conditions, while managing to balance the challenge of various activities, with comfort, relaxation and outrageously delicious food!
All in all, it was truly a taste of paradise and I would like to say a huge thank you to the superb team at X Platoon and Cold Skills, along with my fantastic, fellow attendees for giving me some very precious memories to share.
Alison Allmand-Smith
Arctic Adventure 2020
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The skills we learned included how to start a fire without matches, how to find food in the hostile environment that is the Arctic by, for example, ice-fishing, catching grouse, purifying lichen (that was surprisingly good to eat) and how to smoke meat over a fire.We also learned how to get around in the Arctic where the snow under foot is several feet thick; we had some really enjoyable times snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing, snow mobiling and dog sledding.
One of the most important lessons we learned though was the importance of leadership and team-work in supporting each other to overcome all the challenges that living in the Arctic (or any other hostile environment) presents. I have to say that Steve, Conny and Adam are superb leaders and the group, it was my privilege to be part of, was first class.
This was a brilliant trip that I will savour for the rest of my days.
Paul Bury
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Arctic Adventure 2021 - Deposit
Arctic Adventure 2021 - Final
Led by former members of the British and Swedish Elite Forces, you will be trained how to mush a dogsled team through thick snow and tundra, then negotiate someof the world's most remote and breathtaking scenery on your snowmobile. We’ll show you how to cross country ski (totally different from your schnapps soaked slopes of Chamonix); you’ll learn ice breaking drills, how to walk in snowshoes, build survival shelters, how to create and maintain fire, ice fish, trap and then prepare both arctic game birds and reindeer meat (vegetarian options are also available).
Arctic Adventure 2021 - Full
Led by former members of the British and Swedish Elite Forces, you will be trained how to mush a dogsled team through thick snow and tundra, then negotiate someof the world's most remote and breathtaking scenery on your snowmobile. We’ll show you how to cross country ski (totally different from your schnapps soaked slopes of Chamonix); you’ll learn ice breaking drills, how to walk in snowshoes, build survival shelters, how to create and maintain fire, ice fish, trap and then prepare both arctic game birds and reindeer meat (vegetarian options are also available).
Cost: £2550 (this does not include travel to and from any pre-adventure briefings or travel to and from Sweden from your country of origin).
- A £500 deposit secures your place - payment plans are available
- Final balance needs to be paid no later than 01 Jan 2021
- Full payment can be made upon booking
- Duration : 8 Days and 7 Nights
MooseMoose is the largest species of the deer family, and unlike most other deer species they don't form herds but remain solitary animals.
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Grey WolfThe wolf mainly feeds on moose: one wolf family kills about 120 moose each year and its howl can be heard over ten kilometres away.
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WolverineThe wolverine is primarily a scavenger. When stressed or followed, the wolverine secretes a skunk like odour.
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OUR ARCTIC PARTNERS
If you have ever wondered what real life Vikings were like... all your questions will be answered when you meet the Cold Skills team.
Do something different... with X Platoon.