OPS
Group helps Canada-Alaska sea kayak team
Posted: 3 June 2003
OPS Group Ltd, a leading provider of highly qualified, specialist
personnel to the international oil and gas industry, announced it
is lending a helping hand to the Interventure sea kayak team in
support of its imminent 1,000-mile kayaking challenge from Canada
to Alaska.
Expedition to Launch on June 9th
On June 9th, a team of 10 paraplegic and able-bodied sea
kayakers will be the first inclusive team to embark on the 1,000
mile journey from Vancouver, British Columbia to Juneau, Alaska.
The three-month journey will see the team paddle their way along
the historic “Inside Passage” up the coast of British
Columbia to the fjords and glacier-draped mountains of Alaska.
“As this is the European Year of the Disabled, we’re
very excited to be supporting such an historic expedition. To take
on this challenge, with the many unexpected hurdles posed by travelling
through the wilderness, requires an incredible amount of courage.
It is truly heroic, and we wish the Interventure team every success
for a safe journey,” said Steve Pryor, Managing Director of
OPS Group Ltd, one of the primary sponsors of the expedition.
While most of the team-members live in northeast Scotland, others
are from England and Wales.
Interventure founder and chairwoman Karen Paul is employed in Aberdeen
by Shell U.K. Exploration and Production in a Learning and Development
role, with a part-time secondment to the Royal Geographical Society
on Inclusive Fieldwork and Expeditions, and Mark Bragg is a subsea
engineer who, until recently, worked for Kvaerner.
The remaining team-members are: Suresh Paul, Alan Thompson, Susanne
Moessner, Fran Pothecary, Pete Gwatkin, Tony Hocking, Adrian Disney
and Ian Wilson.
To track the team’s progress throughout their journey, visit
either www.opsgrp.com
or www.interventure.org.uk
where regular updates will be posted.
Alternatively, the team can be contacted direct at canadateam@interventure.org.uk.
Further sponsors and contributions to support the Interventure
expedition are welcome, and may be made by contacting Karen Paul,
Interventure chairwoman, at karendarke25@hotmail.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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