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Chris Bray and Clark Carter — Explorers
In May 2008, Australians Chris Bray (24) and Clark Carter (23) will head back to the 9th largest island on Earth – the largely unexplored Victoria Island in the Arctic - to continue their world-first expedition, sponsored again by GORE-TEX® fabrics.
In 2005 they both hauled and paddled 250kgs of gear and supplies behind them in home-made wheeled kayaks, alone, for 58 days. Enduring a touch of frostbite, being chased by a pack of arctic wolves, and being sniffed out by a polar bear, the 2-man team crossed regions likely never seen before by human eyes in their attempt to become the first people to cross Victoria Island in the Arctic Archipelago. The unknown and extreme nature of the terrain - as well as several delays and setbacks – saw the pair 300km into the 1000km epic by the time winter arrived to force them out.
Backed by leading organisations including iiNet,
GORE-TEX® fabrics, Australian Geographic, Paddy Pallin, Leatherman, Icebreaker and Air Canada, as well as armed with knowledge gained in 2005, they have re-designed their craft from scratch – now using carbon-fibre rims on 1.5m diameter tractor inner-tube tyres protected by ballistic-grade Kevlar fabric covers – and will set out for 100 days, unsupported, to finish what they started.
The media has lined up to follow this adventure as it unfolds, with weekly live TV interviews via satellite phone, radio call-ins etc, as well as daily updates sent live from the expedition every day – complete with photographs – to the expedition website.
Both members of the Explorers Club, GORE-TEX® product Test-Team, and the Society for Human Performance in Extreme Environments, they will be conducting valuable research including documenting ancient Inuit archaeological sites including bone tools as they did in 2005, as well as the effects on their bodies of up to 100 days of extreme physical and mental challenges.
Filming the entire adventure in High-Definition, they are producing a documentary as well as writing a book on the overall expedition - 4-years in the making.
For more details about the Victoria Island 2 expedition go to www.1000HourDay.com
GORE-TEX® products is proud to support Chris Bray and Clark Carter. | 
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