Terra Nova Equipment Ltd based in Alfreton

Alfreton

Alfreton is a town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, adjoining the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire districts. It was formerly a Norman Manor and later an Urban District. The population of the Alfreton Ward was 7,928 at the 2001 Census...

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

 was founded in the early 1980s. They make high quality expedition tent

Tent

A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs...

s which have been used by explorers for expeditions worldwide including to the poles

Polar region

Earth's polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the poles also known as frigid zones. The North Pole and South Pole being the centers, these regions are dominated by the polar ice caps, resting respectively on the Arctic Ocean and the continent of Antarctica...

. The best known tent produced by Terra Nova is the Quasar (see image) which uses the particularly strong geodesic design.

Sponsorships

Terra Nova tents sponsored the following expeditions:

• Polar Race 2007
• Claudwell Xtreme Everest http://www.xtreme-everest.co.uk/news_detail.php?newsid=416
• Virgin Summits Tibet Expedition 2003 http://www.virginsummits.org/index.htm