Safety and General Information:

All our customers are required to wear helmets and life jackets. All our guides have completed First Aid Training and the Arctic rafting/ Boatpeople River Guiding School. On each trip there is a first aid kit, a radio, throwlines and fliplines. There is always someone in our boathouse on call for emergencies.

Please note that on all our trips the guide has final the word on all situations

River rafting is an action activity and there are some things that you have to know:

1. You will get wet.

2. You have to paddle your raft.

3. Your guide has the last word on everything about your rafting trip.

4. You may have to carry your raft a short distance to and from the river.

5. Any electronic devices are not safe on board a raft. So don´t bring your camera or camcorder unless they are waterproof. If you want, our driver will be more than happy to take some pictures for you.

6. You take full responsability for your actions.

Arctic rafting supplies everything needed to paddle safely but you should bring with you the following:

1.Warm clothes; for example a fleece sweater and some first layer.

2.Swimming wear and a towel.

3. Also read the details for your chosen trip, for some trips other items are necessary. For example, hiking shoes for Blue Ice and so forth.

^{Class Description}

I. Easy moving water with a few riffles and small waves.

II. Easy to Medium rapids with moderate waves, some obvious obstacles to maneuver around, some large rocks, wide channels.

III. Medium to Moderately Difficult rapids with high irregular waves, narrow channels, rocks and holes, some maneuvering required. 1 meter high waves, some small hydraulics, some rocks and eddies.

IV. Difficult to very Difficult; long turbulent rapids with powerful waves and holes, many obstacles requiring precise maneuvering in turbulent water. Strong waves, up to 1,8 meters high, boiling eddies, dangerous rocks and hydraulics.

V. Extremely Difficult; long violent rapids that must be scouted from shore, dangerous drops, unstable eddys, strong, irregular currents and hydraulics.

VI. Unrunnable - unless conditions are perfect, and then only by experts.