Acknowledgment:

Special thanks not only to our sponsors but also to the following individuals for their friendly support and personal commitment that enabled the realization of the Arctic Summits Expedition!
(in alphabetical order):

- Julia Aster from Völkl - for the transport of skis
- Einhard Barkhausen from Fortis - for the good working relationship
- Björn Beck from IceXplorers - for the financial contribution
- Karina Bernlow from NANU - for the local support in Greenland
- Colonel Bette - for the operational support
- Petter Bjorstad - for sharing your Greenland experience and the GF map
- Jan Breckwoldt from Unterwegs - for advising us in the planning phase, and supporting the expedition with equipment
- Tobias Burkart from Vaude - for supplying clothing and equipment
- Mark Cole from Edelrid - for the ropes, harnesses, and other Edelrid products as well as the Fritschi bindings
- George's sister Kati Csak from Cape Epic - for giving me vital advise in the start up phase to help secure sponsors as well as
.-doing the English translations for the weblogs during our expedition
- George's parents Waltraud und Sandor Csak - for updating the weblog during our expedition as well as transmitting the weather data,
.-and all the other general support which would be too much to list at this point
- Stefanie Dietrich from Trekking Mahlzeiten - for supplying expedition meals and nutrition
- Hardy Dostal from Lexoo - for the print of logos on our expedition wear
- Hauke Engel - for the climbing history
- Kirsten Fadnæs Eriksen from the Danish Polar Center - for the help concerning the expedition permit
- Beate Frind from XnX Medien GmbH - for the cooperation in regards to the coverage of the expedition
- Bodo Genz from Fliegfix - for the support sourcing the tent
- Maurice Gowen from Cascade Designs - for the MSR stoves, the Thermarest mattrasses and various other products
- Stephanie Haid from Vaude - for the public relations work
- Morten Hauerbach from Air Greenland - for an excellent drop-off on the ice and encouraging last words
- Dr. Helmut Haunstein - for the medical consultation
- Julius Steinar Heidarsson, Pilot at Air Iceland - for enableing us to catch the flight home and for the extraordinary hospitality on board
- Magdaline Heilmann from Air Greenland - for the helicopter flight coordination
- Walter Hölzler - for sharing your mountain guide knowledge and placing the XnX contact
- Gunnar Jensen, Arctic Expedition Advisor - for the procurement of the expedition insurance
- Dr. Anne Sabine Kaufmann - for the medical consultation
- Edmund Keller from Schuh-Keller KG - for the discount on Smartwool expedition socks
- Jürgen Keune - for the media contacts
- Matthias Kimmerle from Vaude - for the test in the climate chamber and the extremely comfortable sleeping bags
- Jessica Klein from Hering Schuppener Consulting - for the Varta sponsorship
- Colonel Burkhard Kollmann - for the approval of an exceptionally long leave period
- Franz Kramer - for stitching the logos on the coverings of the expedition pulks
- Kristian Kretschmann from epharmexx GmbH - for the good cooperation and the presentation on Unterwegs.biz
- Reimar Kreutzfeldt from Klemann & Kreutzfeldt GmbH - for the support concerning the registration of our emergency beacon
- Lieutenant Colonel Kübler - for the operational support
- Erik Larsen at Constable Point airfield, Greenland - for the storage of our equipment
- Sebastian Lindemeyer from XnX Medien GmbH - for the good cooperation and the coverage of the expedition on mountains2b.com
- Peter Frederik Lyberth  from Air Greenland - for the helicopter flight coordination
- Tanja Maier from Alpenheat - for the bootcovers and bootheaters
- Fabienne Mehmann from Völkl - for the best touring skis
- Andy Mencke from APM Marketing - for the new Airush snow kites
- Jutta Meyer - for stitching the logos on our expedition wear
- Manuel Meyer from IceXplorers - for the financial contribution
- Nuni at Constable Point airfield, Greenland - for organizing and enableing our flight home from Greenland when
.-we never thought we would make it in time
- Matthias Ochs - for a lot of good advise on website development and photo processing
- Gertrud Oestergaard - for the exeptional hospitality in Ittoqqortoormiit
- Michael Ott from Koch alpin GmbH - for the Colltex climbing skins
- Peter und Liese-Lotte Peter from Fortis - for the main sponsorship and the trust you had in us from the very beginning
- Anke Reinert-Gaebel from Fortis - for the good cooperation
- Kerstin Ricker from Red Bull - for the liquid energy
- Dominik's brother Fabian Rind - for the fotoshootings
- Thomas Roegner - for networking and help securing sponsors
- Kai Schmid from Eastside - for procuring the cooperation with Cascade Designs
- General Hans-Georg Schmidt - for the friendly support and networking
- Bernhard Sewering from APM Marketing - for the new Airush snow kites
- Jóhann Ingi  Sigtryggsson from Air Iceland - for enableing us to catch the flight home and for the extraordinary hospitality on board
- Torben Stratenschulte from XnX Medien GmbH - for the cooperation in regards to the coverage of the expedition
- Bernd Taube from Scandic - for the Woolpower thermal underwear
- Ralf Töpling from XnX Medien GmbH - for the media partnership
- Vigfús Vigfússon from Air Iceland - for the great suppport to airfreight our equipment to Greenland
- Dr. Wolfgang Wabel from the German Alpine Club (DAV) - for the partnership and support
- Florian Wagner from Eastside - for procuring the cooperation with Cascade Designs
- Paul Walker from Tangent Expeditions - for sharing one flight and for some great expert advice
- Jürgen Weber from Fortis - for the good cooperation
- Verena Welker from Eastside - for procuring the cooperation with Cascade Designs
- Manuela Winkler from Varta - for supporting us with batteries, akkus and chargers
- Stefan Winter from the German Alpine Club (DAV) - for the partnership and support
- Armin Wirth from Icolutions - for the expert advice and providing expedition pulks at reduced cost
- Janet Zettler from Vaude - for the excellent cooperation putting together our expedition wear
- and the entire team of airport managers at at Constable Point airfield, Greenland - for the storage of our equipment
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Furthermore we thank our friends and all those who helped us in all sort of ways! We truly appreciate this support!




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