ACEP Now: Traversing Greenland’s Ice Sheet Drives Home Lessons in Teamwork, Trust, Humanity
By Donna Petrozzello
ACEP NOW
It began with a proposition: Spend the better part of three weeks with six other guys — some of whom you’ve never met — lumbering elevated monster trucks across Greenland’s massive ice sheet without a hot shower, much sleep, or even a guarantee of making it back home, and you’ve got what most of us would call a nonstarter.
Dr. Jon Solberg practices crevasse rescue on Mt Rainier as part of the Wilderness Medical Society’s Diploma in Mountain Medicine training program.
But for emergency physician Jon Solberg, MD, FAWM, FACEP, DiMM, the invitation to explore uncharted territory with a caravan of trailblazers eager to complete the first-ever long-axis traverse of Greenland by vehicle was too enticing to pass up.
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