Date: Friday March 12th to Friday March 19th 2027 8 days/7 nights
Guide: Amelia with WalkingWomen Support
You will be guided by Shackleton’s Expeditions Manager and lead guide, Amelia Rudd, who in 2020 was the ninth woman in history to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.
Walking Grade: Goat 4 and beyond: this is a one off special challenge for WalkingWomen. The distance’s are not long but you need to be fit for a polar experience in sub-zero temperatures. You will be learning Telemark expedition skiing.
The price of this trip includes a foundation training programme, access to a Doctor to advise and a kit specialist to discuss exact needs for the trip. This is for women who want a challenge and want to experience majestic Norwegian polar landscapes. We have space for just 6 women and each one of you will be enrolled on a world-class expedition preparation programme before we set off. Your can read more about the programme here Expedition Preparation Programme
This trip is to give you a taste of the expedition led by Shackleton. You don’t need experience just enthusiasm and curiosity and with the fitness to give it a go! You can be a novice adventurer.
Highlights:
- Being part of the first WalkingWomen/Shackleton Polar Expedition – the first women only!
- Time in Oslo to begin our adventure together – visit the Fram Polar Exploration Museum
- Travel on Norway’s most scenic train from Oslo to Finse
- Experiencing life on the plateau where Shackleton came to train for his Antarctica Expedition
- A night camping on the ice
- A final night in Finse 1222 hotel
- Learning Telemark skiing
Base: we stay in a mix of hotels, huts and one night in a tent on the frozen lake – the full expedition experience.
Arrivals: MEETING POINT OSLO AIRPORT FOR 14.00 ON FRIDAY 12TH MARCH
Departures: FRIDAY MARCH 19TH – timing dependent on onward destination. We will plan with you.
Price: £6,200 per person for this fully inclusive expedition programme:
Included:
- Expert guiding by Amelia
- Foundations Expedition Preparation Programme starting 6 months before departure ( September 2026) includes the Royal Geographical Society Shackleton private archive viewing)
- Kit consultation
- Nutrition advice and access to Team Expedition Doctor
- Accommodation ( 2 nights Thon Opera,Oslo , 3 nights Finsehytta , 1 night expedition tent on the ice, I night in Hotel Finse ) Single rooms in the Thon Hotel and Hotel Finse. Other accommodation is shared.
- All meals
- All kit,equipment and boot hire ( includes loans of suits and down jackets required)
- Train Travel Oslo to Finse (this is one way as you might want to travel on to Bergen after our trip)
- Shackleton and WalkingWomen support throughout
Not included:
- Travel to Oslo and return travel
- Any additional activities in Oslo
- Personal clothing (we will send a suggested kit list once booked)
- Personal Travel Insurance
- Additional food or drinks
