This picture contains some of the items we have provisioned for the trip...
For Safety:
  a) Backcountry first aid kit, contains all the supplies from duck tape to scalpel to splints to treatments for burns
  b) Arctic emergency sleeping bags
  c) Shovel w/compass, saw, hatchet, hammer, fishing line, hooks, sinker and nails
  d) Instant heat packs, these chemical based products heat up to 100+ for 7 hours.. we carry lots of these
  e) 55 gallon plastic bags, great for building shelter
  f) Lowrance plotting GPS, this unit has all the maps showing towns, roads, rivers, lakes and other landmarks loaded
 g) GlobalSat satellite Phone, call anyone anywhere, anytime (except from inside a building, you have to be outside to use it)
 h) Flashlight w/ Lithium batteries, Normal or Rechargeable batteries last about 15 minutes in these temps
  i) Power Bars and Jerky & Bottled water
  j) Leatherman knives
  k) Waterproof/Windproof  lighter w/compass, knife and can opener
  l) Rope
 m) Flares
 n) Snowmobile tow kits
 o) Heated handle bars and throttle
 p) Extra Fuel tanks "you need to fill them to be of any use"
 q) Safety flags (on the back of sleds)
 r) Cooking pan (to melt snow)
 s) Extra dry socks, gloves and hats

Other Technology:
 a) Sony Digital Video/still camera w/ night vision scope, including mounting hardware to attach to helmet
 b) Kodak, DC265 digital camera
 c) Wrist Computer from Suunto, Barometer, Temperature, Digital Compass, Alarm and Oh yea.... Time
 d) Binoculars