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Arctic Survival:
Stranded in Snow Country
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A Survivor Style Team Building Simulation for Corporate Retreats
We would like to thank Ron Korb for generously donating his time and services
to take these photographs for us at the 2006 Mister Safety Shoes Team Building Retreat
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In this volatile economy, no organization is immune from setbacks. Even companies that are doing well need to be on top of their game and prepared to respond effectively to changes in the marketplace.
Arctic Survival: Stranded in Snow Country will take you through a step by step "tune up" to enhance team performance and pull your strategy together.
This 2 to 3 Day Session Includes:
- Pre-session CEO briefing
- Pre-session Team briefing to get "buy in" from entire team
- Post Session Team Briefing
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Please note: 1 day format is viable as a primarily recreational team building event. However, we can incorporate a short debriefing exercise or keynote for an additional cost.
"At first I was skeptical. My time and my weekends are valuable. As a mobile driver, I do not have a chance to work with all of the different people in this company. We truly have a great team of people. I am one of the most long term employees. This is the best programme we have had in the 20 years that I have been here. I was also WAY more fun than you are supposed to have at work!!"
Domenic Marchese,
Mobile Consultant,
Mister Safety Shoes
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Benefits |
You and your team will:
- Fine-tune your marketing and sales strategy
- Identify new sources of business
- Forge stronger links between geographically dispersed teams
- Identify and eliminate communication barriers
- Break down silos
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Available mid-December to late February
We can offer this session at a country resort or lodge and incorporate snowshoeing, shelter construction, fire starter challenges, and night hikes into your experience. For dog sledding we must use a location North of Barrie.
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"I hate winter but I found that this was a well organized program with duties and goals clearly described and layout out in written and verbal form. All was put together giveing consideration to people's fears and physical limitates and with a pleasant fun approach to every activity and exercise. Excellent!!"
Ken Ramsden,
Mobile Shoe Consultant,
Mr. Safety Shoes
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Recreational Actitivities
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A range of recreational activities can be incorporated into this retreat:
- Orienteering with a Compass
- GPS Geocache Treasure Hunt
- Fire Starter Challenge
- Dog Sledding (Huntsville, Algonquin Park or further North)
- Snow Shoeing
- Quinzhee (Quincy) Building - You can even sleep for a night in this snow shelter that is similar to an igloo
- Bon Fire with Marshmallows and Hot Chocolate
- Night Trek on Snowshoes
- ...and much, much more
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Overview
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It was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime - a trek on snowshoes across from the heart of the Canadian hinterland to the North Pole. A short course at the Arctic Survival Academy to get us comfortable in this environment and a short familiarization trip and we’d be on our way.
But, we just couldn’t resist going for it.
View Live Web Cam Photos from the North Pole
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What Happened
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A wild race across the tundra, lots of laughs - and suddenly we’re separated from our guides and the rest of our party.
We’ve lost our money, our identification, our passports and our airline tickets. We have enough food to last for the rest of the day. All we have is our snowshoes, the clothes on our backs, our survival packs, and the one “luxury” item we managed to sneak into our gear. We’re alone in our teams, struggling to get back to civilization.
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We’re not too worried, our Inuit guides told us they’d send out a search party. In the meantime, we must come up with a plan. Our guides will help us implement it and get the word out.
To get home, we have to raise money for our plane fare and to replace our supplies. The only way to survive is to take stock of our situation, figure out where we want to be, make our plans and take action!
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We toss around a few ideas while we construct makeshift shelters. We decide to get a good night’s sleep before we fully explore our options.
The next morning, we fish for our breakfast through the ice. After breakfast, we begin to map our strategy using our Arctic Survival Toolkit as a guide. We make excellent progress by using tools like mind maps, storyboards, force field analysis, and flow charts. These are the elements of our plan:
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- Team Ground Rules
- Product Development
- Identifying New Market Niches
- Marketing & Sales Strategy
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- Project Management & Planning
- Planning a New Facility
- Sources of Capital
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Other Survivor Team Building Simulations |
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We pause, hunt for a bear and start a fire to cook it for lunch. Then we fine-tune our strategy and await rescue. After we are rescued, we defrost and reflect on how we can use our new toolkit when we return to work.
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Our payment terms are 50% at the time of booking and the balance 1 calendar month prior to the session.
Events and sessions booked less than 1 calendar month in advance must be paid in full at the time of booking. There will be a 10% late booking surcharge due to the compressed timeframe for logistics. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To describe your requirements and find out how we can help you achieve your objectives, please submit the Booking Request Form that you can access through the Book Services tabs or links.
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The
Rules of Survivor
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The
goal of the game is to survive. The game begins when 2 teams
of strangers are left in a rough terrain. There is no opportunity
for planning before the game begins. Both teams scramble to
gather whatever supplies they can grab. They trek across rugged
terrain in search of their campsite. Exhausted, hungry and
in the middle of no where, they work together to construct
some make shift dwellings, get a fire going (without matches)
and figure out what they're going to eat.
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Official Survivor Web Site
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The inevitable jockeying for position and politicking
begins almost immediately. The teams compete in a series of
survival challenges. The winning team gets a valuable prize
and the immunity idol. The loser must vote for one of their
members to leave the island. This continues for about 40 days.
At the end of the game, the last survivor wins $1,000,000.
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