Independent Groups Individual Booking Form

This booking form is for individual members of independent groups, using Tangent Expeditions for logistics only (not guiding). If booking onto a guided trip, please use our Guided Groups Booking Form.

Your expedition/group leader will also need to complete the Independent Groups Expedition Booking Form.

Before completing this form please read our standard booking Terms and Conditions. Please have your passport to hand.

Tangent Expeditions are keen to support all groups and individuals to ensure safe expeditions and can offer bespoke training in either the UK, the European Alps or in Greenland if required. 

Upon receipt of this booking form and minimum deposit payment you will receive a confirmation of receipt and will be sent an invoice and links to further information in the Client Log In section of our website that you must read within 7 days. This is to comply with the Distance Selling regulations and allows you adequate time to cancel this agreement after having read the required information.

Your venture is provided by Tangent Expeditions Ltd to British Standard BS8848 specification for the provision of visits, fieldwork, expeditions and adventurous activities outside the UK. Tangent Expeditions Ltd follows the professional standard and principles set out by the BS8848 British Standard for overseas expeditions. Tangent Expeditions Ltd uses YET as a competent, external and independent "other party" assessor of their conformity to British Standard 8848 as laid down in the specification. The assessment includes a sampling process for verification, but all ventures are subject to self-assessment in accordance with the standard. YET is not acting, of itself, as the arbiter of the quality of provision, but assesses provision by Tangent Expeditions Ltd against the standard to give assurance of good management practice. Ventures that include adventurous activities involve exposure to accepted elements of risk, challenge and adventure greater than those normally encountered in everyday life. Whilst such activities provided by Tangent Expeditions Ltd are subject to exacting safety management processes, it cannot be guaranteed that all possibility of resultant injury to participants, or others, is eliminated. 

All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays on this website are financially protected by the ATOL scheme. When you pay you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate. You will be emailed a copy of your completed form once it has been submitted. Please retain this for your record. Personal information will only be held by Tangent Expeditions Ltd and will not be passed on to any third party except for legitimate reasons relating to the expedition (eg.Greenland permit authorities, Greenland Police, airlines, accommodation bookings etc).

Please give full details of your personal outdoor experience, including your current level of performance. This information will be used to help assess your suitability to join the above expedition and to help the expedition leader and or guide determine the overall range and depth of experience within the group.

Through the signing of this form I agree that to the best of my knowledge all of the above details are true and correct and if any of the information changes or any medical condition develops prior to the start of my chosen course/tour/expedition I will inform Tangent Expeditions Ltd immediately. I would like to apply for a position on the above mentioned course/tour/expedition and confirm that I am authorised to make this booking and have read, understood and agree to the standard booking Terms and Conditions as described on the www.greenlandexpeditions.com website. I will read all the further website documentation referred to at the start of this form relating to Distance Selling Regulations within 7 days of receiving my booking acceptance notification.

I confirm that I am sufficiently skilled and experienced to be able to operate safely, responsibly and independently in an arctic expedition context. I am fully aware of the risks and dangers of undertaking the expedition and do so at my own risk.

I understand, agree and accept that solo climbing, skiing and mountaineering attempts or journeys are NOT allowed by the Greenland authorities and are NOT covered under the expedition permit or under the standard terms of many search and rescue insurance policies.

I understand and accept that in the case of search and rescue and medical evacuation, delays of several days can occur before the start of such operations due to weather conditions and due to the complex logistics required to reach many of the remote mountain areas in Greenland and the Arctic. This could result in the deterioration of any medical condition due to accident, injury or illness, possibly resulting in death. I understand that medical care in the mountains will be of a less satisfactory nature than that normally available.

I have read and understood Tangent’s behaviour policy and agree to comply with the policy and the consequences of inappropriate behaviour as described in Tangent's standard booking Terms and Conditions.

I agree to send the stated deposit amount for this booking within 7 days of the submission of this form. Payment can be made by UK sterling cheque payable to “Tangent Expeditions Ltd” or contact us for bank transfer details. An additional £2.50 (€3) will be added to your booking invoice for the ATOL (APC) payment contribution and should be added to your deposit payment.

Weather and transport delays of several days can and do occur on expeditions. Any additional and related flight, travel, or accommodation charges are the client’s own responsibility. No refunds of whatsoever nature can be made for weather related delays. This is because of the non-transferable and non-refundable nature of Tangent's pre-expedition contractual agreements with suppliers.

This completed Booking Form represents your legal contract and commitment to engage Tangent Expeditions Ltd to provide services for your expedition. We recommend that you print and retain a copy for your records. Upon completion of this form you authorise Tangent Expeditions Ltd to add any of the above mentioned additional rental items requested, and their related costs as detailed on this Booking Form, to your invoice. Your invoice will be sent to you upon receipt of both this Booking Form and the required deposit amount for your expedition. Please refer to our standard booking Terms and Conditions relating to cancellation and curtailment charges. In relation to the Distance Selling Regulations you have a 7 day right to cancel this contract.

Please note that you are responsible for ensuring that you meet the relevant passport and visa requirements for your trip. If any of the details supplied on this form change between time of booking and time of departure please advise Tangent Expeditions immediately.

Use of Medical Information

I agree that the stated medical information is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and I will update the medical leadership team of any changes between this date and the start of the expedition.
I am medically fit to partake in a remote expedition which will be both physically & mentally demanding.
I understand that I am responsible for providing all my normal medications and supplies for the treatment of my pre-existing medical conditions for the duration of the expedition.
In the event of an accident / illness, I give permission for the medical leadership team acting in my best interests to instigate treatment and contact my GP, other healthcare professionals and/or next of kin.
On return from the expedition, I consent to my GP being contacted with details of any serious illness or accident arising during the expedition.