gap year in greenland anyone?

id love to do this in my gap year in 2 years time
... anyone think it sounds good?..........
http://www.gapyear.com/conservation/gyc2043_arctic_riveria_greenland_expedition_2006.html

Reply 1

sierraleone

Sounds quite interesting, if a little pricy. I'm not sure but I think the BTCV and National Trust offer similar international holidays for a lot less.

Try http://shop.btcv.org.uk/shop/level1/8/level and http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-holidays.htm

Reply 2

Cherry Kisses

thanks, yea they sound pretty good, i like the btcv one in iceland. :smile:

thankyou for those links :smile:

Reply 3

jovialtom

be adventurous..... go on your own or with a friend! you'll meet loads of friendly randoms and have an awesome time! Will be alot cheaper as well. Oh Greenland is awesome btw!

Reply 4

iwait4u

heya

im goin with bses to svalbard this winter. its gonna be freeezin. im going there for 3 month tho - it is actually more cost effective thatn 1 month in greenland :redface:

but i know ppl who have been to greenland and loved it.

dont worry about the money - if you have 2 years then thats loads a time.

go for it!!!! if u need any help with bses or anything else just PM me

Reply 5

SunburnedCactus

The prices at those links are amazing! But do they include as much as gapyear.com do (e.g. travel, food)?

From what I can see they don't include flights. :frown:

Reply 6

iwait4u

volunteering stuff generally does not include flights but does include food. obviously youd have to confirm this with em.

Reply 7

SunburnedCactus

They look so good!

Damn this frugal student budget!

Reply 8

danni_bella

~cherrykisses~

id love to do this in my gap year in 2 years time
... anyone think it sounds good?..........
http://www.gapyear.com/conservation/gyc2043_arctic_riveria_greenland_expedition_2006.html

~cherrykisses~ that would be extremely cool and amazing, are you gonna go for it?

You better post us pics if you do, I don't know anyone who's actually been there :redface:

How different, and innovative :smile:

Go you

Reply 9

rottcodd

yeah, I am applying for that greenland expedition in 2006! From the www.bses.org.uk site though, it says it is £2550 which seems odd as its out £3000 on that link that you've got - anyone know why that is?

Reply 10

sierraleone

550 quid for flights wasn't it?

I'm not a big fan of these mega organised gap year trips that cost you loads and show no initiative so hope that people use the BTCV and National Trust instead if possible. I suppose expeditions are a bit different, but unfortunately you tend to see gap year projects being of little or no use to the local community.

Reply 11

rottcodd

This particular expedition to greenland though is involved in research on climate change - people on the expedition help out with measuring glacial drift and the rate of melting and all that, so it is of use to the community. Though I agree with you, most organised gap year things don't really help out with the community. This particular greenland one though, does.

Reply 12

sierraleone

Sure, I didn't mean it as a personal attack by any means!

I was just reading an article about gap year projects and the astronomical prices and pointlessness of most of the companies is outrageous.