The Currumbin vet will attempt a triple assault on the history books when he and Simon Goodburn set out to trek and kite unassisted across Greenland’s unforgiving and treacherous Nansen’s Crossing.

If successful, the 2700km journey, which will culminate a few hundred kilometres from the North Pole, would see the pair become the first Australians to complete the crossing from south to north.

The duo is also aiming to set world records for the fastest crossing (42 days) and the most distance covered on skis in a 24-hour period (595km).

Nansen’s Crossing is a fitting sequel to Wilson’s massive 2013-14 adventure when he made the fastest solo and unsupported crossing of Antarctica, dragging his famous pink boob sled 3428km in 53 days and raising $250,000 for breast cancer charity The McGrath Foundation.

He hopes his latest epic will raise another $100,000.

“The first priority is to make the Greenland crossing with all our hands and feet intact and not needing to be extracted,” Wilson said.

“I think a lot of guys die on Mt Everest because they cash in their common sense because they’re so desperate to get to that summit.

“You need some humility in an environment like this or it’s going to give you an absolute spanking.”

Unlike Antarctica, where Wilson spent 53 days battling the harshest of conditions alone, he will be joined by his daughter’s 27-year-old husband, who doubles as general manager of Wilson’s 5th Element Expeditions business.

“Simon’s been adventuring at the fringes for a while but he's never been under this amount of pressure for this amount of time,” Wilson said.

“He’s a great kiter and bigger and stronger than me, but you just don’t know how he’s going to cope mentally with 40 days in a completely barren landscape and things that want to eat you like polar bears (laughs).

“That said, we’ve had an incredible time training with shotguns, climbing ropes and hauling tyres until the cows come home.

“I’ve seen the training he’s done in Norway, Japan and New Zealand, and he’s got a resilience now where once I would never have dreamt of taking him to Greenland.”

Wilson has known Goodburn since he was 13, the son of family friends. That boy then grew up to ask for his daughter’s hand in marriage.

“Geoff was always a mentor of mine growing up but our relationship went to a new level when I fell in love with Jade,” Goodburn said.

“I guess he started testing me to see if I was worthy of his daughter. He wanted to know what mettle I had.

“Geoff has an uncanny ability to draw out the best in people and focus on potential. He looks at challenges as opportunities to triumph rather than roadblocks.

“My default under duress is to not lash out and Geoff is the same. We both manage to keep a cool head under extreme conditions.

“The other thing is a lot of people perceive him as an adrenaline junkie or risk-taker, but he’s a very keen risk mitigator. It might look like we’re shooting from the hip doing this but he’s very calculated in everything he does.”

And what does his young wife think of him following in her father’s unique footsteps?

“Jade would probably be concerned if I wasn’t doing stuff like this,” Goodburn said. “She’s been conditioned to it her whole life and is the most supportive wife on the planet.”

Wilson had planned to set several world records last year by jumping from a hot-air balloon at 12,000m but aborted the bid due to safety concerns.

“I’ve stayed alive in hostile environments by seeing the risks ahead of time,” he said.

He now hopes the Greenland crossing will help him gain official approval to tackle his ultimate adventure goal.

“I want to complete the longest solo polar journey in human history by crossing Antarctica on the longest route possible,” Wilson said.

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MAN ON A MISSION

The Sahara (2009): Wilson and three companions completed the first wind-powered crossing of the Sahara Desert and the longest-ever kite buggy trip (2160km).

The Simpson (2010): Wilson

wanted to be the first man to

cross the Simpson Desert in a

wind-powered buggy. A

lack of wind meant he fell agonisingly short but not after a fortnight of hard slog, including dragging his 80kg buggy through 17km of mud.

The Kokoda (2011): Rather

than walk the 96km Kokoda

Track, Wilson started at the

traditional Owers Corner finish, climbed to the start, then turned around and raced

against time back to the end.

Torres Triathlon (2012):

After cycling almost 600km

across Cape York, Wilson and

Jack Forbes made the first crossing of the Torres

Strait using kites. They then flew to PNG to tackle the 96km Kokoda Track.

The Antarctic (2013-14):

Trekking and kiting, Wilson

completed a 3428km solo and

unsupported crossing of Antarctica in 53 days, smashing the world record by 11 days.