Top Tips

Our Top Tips for a successful and enjoyable ACT. 

1. Take a down sleeping bag. It does get cold. 
2. Take a pair of Croc shoes.  These are incredibly useful for river crossings and for giving your feet a breather in the evenings. 
3. Don't take a gas stove.  You can get liquid fuel there. 
4. 1.5 litres of liquid fuel should be enough for 2 hot meals a day for 14 days.
5. Pack stove and fuel bottle empty. 
6. Pack fuel bottle empty and with the lid off.  Better still buy a new bottle for your trip. 
7. Pack food into daily ration bags to avoid taking too much.  This should include snacks.
8. Keep flight bag weight down by buying all snacks in Kangerlussuaq of Sisimiut.  There is plenty of choice. 
9. Walking poles are essential to help keep balance when crossing bogs and rivers. 
10. If you have time, plan for a day off during the hike to take it all in.  It's not every day you hike across the Arctic. Plan to your rest day at the big hut or the canoe centre.  
11. If you can afford it, book the changeable transfer flights so if you finish early you can get an earlier flight. 
12. Take a good book and a pack of cards.
13. Take stuff to flavour your food.  Dehydrated stuff all tastes the same after a few days.  Squeezable tomato purée, garlic purée etc. 
14. Check pack is up to carrying weight and bulk in advance.  
15. Check all buckles on your pack to ensure they'll stay fast under weight.
16. Do a day hike with all your kit and additional weight to simulate the food, water and fuel.  This should be at least a 20 km hike.
17. Take some means to purify water with you.
18. Ear plugs are useful if you share a hut with snorers.  Also if you are a snorer and you offer some ear plugs to your fellow travellers, you look very considerate. 
19. Two loo rolls per person should be plenty for the hike.