«This sledge will not let you down.»

Polar Sledge – Beluga¹

The perfect companion

A polar sledge is one of your most personal items on an expedition or a tour. You will probably develop a love-hate relationship to the sledge, quite similar to a captain and his ship. The first polar sledge I designed, the Beluga¹ is destined to become your best friend. Following you everywhere, it will let you pull it over pressure ridges without getting caught and slowing you down and will even swim faithfully behind you through water channels. It is light, stable and virtually indestructible. An ideal companion through the Arctic, whether over the Polar Sea or on land, this sledge will not let you down.

The «Beluga ¹» in action while being tested successfully on the North Pole.

The Material

Several thousands of kilometers on the ice lie behind me, a wide variety of sledges made out of different materials and shapes always with me. On our Southern Patagonian Ice Field crossing in 2003, as well as on our trip from the North Pole to Franz Joseph Land, Boerge Ousland and I used kayaks made out of polyethylene. It was on these expeditions that the reliability of the material in such hard arctic conditions really came to value; it proved to be very light and strong as well as having outstanding gliding properties despite high fluctuations in temperature.

Read Birgit Lutz’s test report about the Greenland crossing. (in German)

Here the sledge is seen in action during Juan Menendez Granados’ expedition.

www.juanmenendezgranados.com