Second Tuesday is the series of events that are organized on the second Tuesday of the month. Discover different Nordic countries!



 
 
 
 
 
 
 The forty-seventh event of the series:
 
December 13th, 2011, 6.00 p.m.
The Nordic Council of Ministers Office
Didzioji 5, Vilnius
 
EXPEDITION ACROSS THE ISLAND OF ICE
Impressions from a 600 kilometers expedition on Greenlandic ice cap
 
Greenland (In Eskimo–Aleut language: Kalaallit Nunaat meaning "Land of the Greenlanders"), is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe.

About 81% of Greenland's surface is covered by the Greenland ice sheet. The weight of the ice has depressed the central land area into a basin shape, whose base lies more than 300 meters below the surrounding ocean. The biggest island in the world, it‘s thick ice cap, surronding green fiords and mysterious history and culture attract extreme travelers from all over the world. Lithuanians are not an exception.

Series Second Tuesday invites you to come and hear a story about 600 kilometer expedition from the man who did it. It is a journey where a man conquers himself.

The guest of event – professional traveler, mountaineer and member of "Greenland 2011" expedition Algimantas Kuras.

Algimantas is travelling since year 1999. Experience – about 20 climbs, treks and expeditions with various complexities. Participated in most advanced mountain expeditions in Causasus, Tien Shan, Pamyr and winter ski-expeditions in Putoran and Kodar mountains in Siberia. Leaded winter-ski expeditions in Loppa, Chibyn, Ural and Sayan mountains. Has made an ascent to peak Korzhenevskaya (7105 m) in Pamyr mountains and traversed Marble wall (up to 6050 m) in Tien Shan. Algimantas was also the leader of the first Lithuanian ski-kite expedition in Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago.

Please note, that language of the event is Lithuanian; no translation will be provided.
The number of places is limited and the service of seat reservation is not available; the entrance is free of charge.

The event takes place at the Nordic Council of Ministers Office (Didzioji str. 5, Vilnius) on December 13th at 6.00 p.m.

Second Tuesday is the series of events about the Nordic countries that are organized on the second Tuesday of the month. The initiator and organizer of the series is the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania.

For more information:

The Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania
tel. +370 5 212 22 11
e-mail:
www.norden.lt/2tuesday