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Below is list of quick-facts about the run. During the preparation period this section will be updated w. information about training camps, route maps and further media material. 

Total distance: 40 000km

Timeframe: 800 days

Runners: 2-4, international team

Average stage: 55km

Daily range: 20 - 90km

Rest-days: 0* 

Start: 1. July, 2008. At Nordkapp, Norway. Northernmost point in Europe, 500km above the Polar Circle. 
Finish: St. Johns, New Foundland, Canada. Believed to be the place of the first viking "discovery" of the North American continent around y. 1000.ac. 
Continents: 4. Europe, Africa, South America and North America.

Route: Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Etiophia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mocambique, South Africa. Chile, Argentine, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, USA, Canada. In total 30 contries.

Documentation: The run will be documented for world record purposes by live gps-coverage provided by LifePilot which will also be avaliable live on the website with gps-positions along with photo's and "world run radio" linked to exact geographical positions. Additional back-up documentation by logbooks, witness-reports, video & digital photo's and media coverage.


Ecology: From polar tundra to desert to trophical rainforrest. Temperature range -10c to +55c. 
* In order to facilitate logistics, visa- and border formalities and transport across oceans there is set aside one rest-day pr. month. The runners who wishes to use this day for rest can state that at the start of the run. 

For further information about the run please consult the menu or contact >> Phil Essam (Logistics) or 
>> Jesper Olsen (co-ordinator).