The Transglobal Car Expedition which travelled by vehicle overland to Resolute Bay from Yellowknife earlier in March is commencing operations to recover one of their trucks which was lost through the ice during their journey.
An Arctic Ford AT44 F-150 was lost near the Tasmania Islands, a small group of islands between the Boothia Peninsula and Prince of Wales Island. The operation starts on August 25, with the recovery team operating from Gjoa Haven, air bags are going to be used to lift the vehicle up from the water and bring it to land.
Once the truck is on the land, it will then be inspected and prepared to be lifted out to Gjoa Haven where it will be shipped out of the community during the next sealift.
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The recovery team will be on-site for approximately take three days for account for any delays in lifting the truck.
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The 2,200 overland journey from from Yellowknife to Resolute earlier this year was a test run of a planned complete circumnavigation of Earth just using land-based vehicles and no flights from 2023-24. Ships will be used to go from Greenland to Denmark, Turkey to Egypt, South Africa to Antarctica, Antarctica to Argentina and Colombia to Panama.
