Project Strata was conceived like all the best expeditions: over some grainy photos and topos, a cup of tea and a biscuit in a house in Sheffield. Longtime friend of Rab and co-director of Alpineguides.com, Rich Cross was waxing lyrical about this amazing, unexplored area of Norway deep in the Arctic Circle. It was just like Scotland, he said, but with reliable conditions and vast areas of untapped winter climbing potential…

Find out more about Rab's Strata range, Polartec's Alpha technology (and traditional Norwegian delicacies) at http://www.projectstrata.com or search for #projectstrata