Kayakers reach home following 1,200 mile Greenland adventure

Two modern-day adventurers have completed a 1,200-mile kayaking expedition from Greenland to Scotland.

Olly Hicks, 34, and George Bullard, 28, arrived at Balnakeil Bay, Durness, in the north of Scotland yesterday morning following more than two months of negotiating Arctic sea ice and freezing temperatures.

Mr Hicks tweeted shortly after arriving, saying: “We’ve done it! Greenland to Scotland Challenge complete, what an amazing feeling!”

The Greenland to Scotland Challenge is a 1,200-mile journey over six weeks which saw the pair spend 12 nights at sea paddling by the light of the midnight sun.