How was this expedition organised?

Guided by the Shelios society, a mixture of scientific research, outreach, education and adventure; we have successfully organised the following expeditions:

• Shelios 98, total solar eclipse observed from a sailing boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
• Shelios 99, another total solar eclipse from Turkey Eclipse Total de Sol en Turquía cruzando Europa en caravanas.
• Shelios 2000, northern lights from Greenland.
• Teide 2001, total lunar eclipse from the highest summit of Spain.
• Shelios 2001, total solar eclipse from Zimbabwe.
• Leonidas 2001, meteor storm from the desert in Australia.
• Sol 2002, midnight Sun at the fiords on the north of Norway.
• Shelios 2002, total solar eclipse from South Africa.
• Teide 2003, total solar eclipse from the volano in the Canaries.
• Shelios 2003, first total solar eclipse observed from an airplane above the Antartica.
• Teide 2004, another total lunar eclipse from the summit of Guajara, El Teide National Park.
• Shelios 2004, observing the southern sky from Botswana y Namibia.
• Shelios 2005, observed an annular solar eclipse from Valencia after visiting all the Spanish National Parks.
• Shelios 2006, total solar eclipse from the desert in Libia.
• Kilimanjaro 2006, observation of the equatorial sky from the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa.
• Machu-Picchu 2007, total lunar eclipse from the inca city in the Peruvian Andes.
• Siberia 2008, total solar eclipse from the Russian city of Novosibirsk.
• China 2009, total solar eclipse, the longest in the 21st century, from China.
• Isla de Pascua 2010, Total solar eclipse from one of the most emblematic islands in the world.

Thanks to the collaboration and work of many people for months, this expedition, directed and organised by the astrophysicist Miquel Serra-Ricart, has been possible.

Why is it called Shelios 2011?

The names of the expeditions and our association was created by “merging” the Greek words Selene (Moon) and Helios (Sun), the two bodies that produce the eclipses which are the celestial phenomena most observed. The name Carla Mendoza is in honour of one of adventurers who went to China 2009, who died without being able to fulfil her dream of observing the orthern Liglhts.

Why is it in Greenland?

As explained in the expedition website, the main objective is to observe the northern lights from the south of Greenland.

Where exactly are you observing from?

When and where will Shelios 2011 start from and which is you itinerary?

Check our expedition website and you can see the details of the route and the map.

How long will the expedition last?

A total of 10 days, between the 22nd and 31st of August.

Who are the members of the expedition?

We´ll be a group of around forty people, everybody has their objectives and tasks defined before the expedition: professional and amateur astronomers, researchers, students, teachers, journalists, photographers, etc. Everybody will help out with the communal chores. This is a work trip, but also to be enjoyed… We do what we love!

The table below shows the members of Shelios 2011 along with their functions and affiliations.

NAME	FUNCTIÓN / OCCUPATION	INSTITUTION
Miquel Serra Ricart	Director of the expedition / Administrator of the Teide Observatory and President of Shelios	Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) / Shelios
Adela Susana Iglesias Rodríguez	Responsible Health and Safety/ DUE	Hospital Universitario de Canarias / Shelios
Francisco Javier Cosme Morán	Responsible of Logistics/ Administración Observatorio del Teide	IAC / Shelios
Juan Carlos Casado González	Responsible of Photography/ Astrofotographer	Tierra y Estrellas / Shelios
Daniel Padrón Brito	Astrofotographer	Tierra y Estrellas / Shelios
Urko Serrano Badiola	Computer engineer (live webcasting)	Grupo Cíclope UPM
Vanessa Eva Stroud Larreal	Astronomer (live webcasting)	Faulkes Telescope Project
Cándido Álvarez García	Logístics	Shelios
Juan Manuel Cedrés Alonso	Logístics	Shelios
Federico José Fernández Porredón	Observer	Asociación SECAT
Kilian González Fontboté	Guest	Shelios / Logístics
David Hernández Ojados	Observer	Asociación SECAT
María Nuria Tauroni Dalmau	Observer	Asociación SECAT
José Luis Quiñones Plaza	Guest
María Cristina Fabo Induráin	Guest
Josep Masallés Román	Observer	ICE (UAB)
Enrique Herrero Casas	Observer	ICE (CSIC) / Societat Astronòmica de Lleida
Marta Puig Subirà	Guest
Miren Igone Lecue Borobia	Guest
Iker Madariaga Lecue	Guest
Xabier Madariaga Lecue	Guest
María Amelia Gómez Andrés	Observer	Sociedad Astronómica Syrma
Fernando Cabrerizo Palomo	Observer	Sociedad Astronómica Syrma
Juan Javier Parra Rodríguez	Web portal	Alared Soluciones web
Ana María Hernández Ramos	Guest
Miguel Aguilar Santana	Guest
María Asunción Morales Bello	Guest
Carlota María Cabello Bilbao	Guest
Daniel De Miguel Escribano	Guest
Cristina Courel Ibáñez	Guest
Ovidio García Pérez	Observer	Asociación SECAT
Jesús Patrón Recio	Guest
Isabel Teresa Martín Mateos	Guest
Patricia Rodríguez Betancort	Guest
Silvia Colomé da Silva	Journalist	La Vanguardia
Antonio Ayala Maldonado	Journalist	La Vanguardia
Manuel Eugenio Gil Solís	Guest
Josefa Solanillo Cendrero	Guest

Which transport will you use?

We´ll get to Greenland from Denmark by airplane. Once in Greenland we´ll use zodiacs, 4x4 cars and hiking to move around to all the different place we plan to visit.

Will you publish a reportage, book or video about the adventure?

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