Steve Wright and Simon Elmont. (Picture supplied by Coast Media)

INJURY has forced the Bailiwick’s Greenland trekkers to cut short their expedition.

Simon Elmont sustained an ankle injury earlier this week that made travel impossible.

He and Steve Wright hoped to be able to carry on but that has proved impossible.

And bad weather has prevented them being airlifted.

The two are taking part in the charity trek to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. It is also an educational trip to discover the effects of climate change.

The expedition across the ice caps of Greenland was due to take them around five weeks and cover 600km.

Both work as engineers for Cable & Wireless, with Mr Elmont based in Sark and Mr Wright in Alderney.

According to their blog on 28 April: ‘We are still camped at the same position we were at yesterday due to Simon’s foot injury and are now waiting for a helicopter to evacuate us off the ice. We have tried to find ways for Steve to continue by attaching him to another group but logistically this is proving nigh on impossible.’

They have been unable to update their blog since as there has not been enough sunlight to charge the solar panels for their laptop.