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Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Teacher
Location	Greenland
Introduction	In July 2010, I propose to paddle a folding kayak on a 450 km journey in the Uummannaq fjord area of North West Greenland (pop. 2784), 650 km north of the Arctic Circle. It is my intention to paddle solo, starting at the town of Uummannaq (pop. 1200) and travelling to each of the seven Inuit settlements (pop. app. 50-500) before returning to Uummannaq. The expedition will focus on Greenlandic culture and nature as I explore the area I have grown to love and meet the people I have learned to respect, descendents of the first kayakers, whose craft is still held in high national regard. Chris Paton, 1973, has a BA in Outdoor Education from the University of Strathclyde (1997) and a Danish Teaching Certificate from CVU Jelling (2006). Chris has worked for many years in the field of outdoor education in several countries and since 2006 has been employed as a teacher of English at Atuarfik Edvard Kruse in Uummannaq, northwest Greenland.