About Snowsled
Kapersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition
Snowsled comprises two companies working together. Snowsled Polar develops and manufactures equipment for polar travellers and explorers, and for the Emergency Services, while Snowsled Clothing works with Ventile fabrics to produce a range of well-received garments, often bespoke, for outdoor people. Ventile garments have been made here since 1993.
We started life in 1988, when we made wooden Nansen sleds and components for British Antarctic Survey, and also bespoke Kevlar pulks for Robert Swann’s International North Pole expedition.
We have been designing and manufacturing ever since, reviewing and refining production techniques and materials to keep at the forefront of innovation, design and manufacture. We enjoy regular contact with our many customers and readily acknowledge their input and experience in helping us to keep our products current for today’s needs.
Nansen sled in Greenland
We manufacture for a whole range of polar workers including adventure travellers and polar challengers, expeditions with a mixture of science and fun, and governments and universities around the world with national collaborative programmes of scientific research.
All products are ‘Made in Britain’; sleds and all sewn items are produced ‘in-house’, giving benefits of quality control and the advantage of being able to respond fast to non-standard requests.
Secure Casualty System bag, Kilt Rock
Having had the privilege, over some years, of working in and enjoying the special nature of polar regions, we have a vested interest in supporting others in these beautiful yet hazardous areas, in which the requirement for reliable, well designed and efficient equipment is so important.
We also develop and manufacture equipment for the emergency rescue services, and our full-body vacuum mattress has been specified by the Mountain Rescue Committee of England and Wales as the standard product for all their member teams – it was developed 18 years ago for them, at their request. It is also used by most of the Scottish and Irish mountain rescue teams, and is starting to sell in Canada and the USA. Lately, the SCS casualty rescue bag and the Katie Rescue Stretcher are items that we have been asked to fully develop for mountain rescue teams, the latter by the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland.
We continue to be excited by the opportunities presented to us by the polar and rescue worlds, and look forward to many years of continued involvement.
For more about Snowsled’s history, click here for an outline of typical orders and commissions since we started.