News
This section is featuring the latest news regarding adventure in the polar regions and from the expeditions we are following closely.
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It appears that the operation to pick up Bardout and his team has been a success
Published on 12.05.2010 - Under the Pole.com
We still haven't received the very latest news about how things went, but by yesterday afternoon, the Twin Otter from Kenn Borek Air Ltd had managed to collect half of the team.
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Bardout : The flight plan for picking up his team
Published on 10.05.2010 - Under the Pole.com
The pilots at Kenn Borek Air Ltd have finally decided on the way they will go about picking up the eight men from Ghislain Bardout's expedition team and all their diving equipment.
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“Thinner…”
Published on 10.05.2010 - Catlin Arctic Survey - 2
How about pushing his body to the limits ? HQ of Catlin Arctic Survey has the answers.
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Conductivity, Temperature, Depth: know what I mean?
Published on 08.05.2010 - Catlin Arctic Survey - 2
Just the once won't hurt, so here's a little science to brighten up your humdrum day. Close-up on the first three vital seawater readings that Ann Daniels's group has been taking for the past three months.
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Journoud : the polar apprentice is back home
Published on 08.05.2010 - General Info
On 9th April we went to find out how it was that a young man came to be interested in expeditions and hope to become one of the polar adventure greats one day. To do so, we spoke to a certain Rodolphe Journoud (a 28-year-old native of Lyon), who was setting out to cover the Last Degree to the North Pole. Now, safely back from his trek, he told us something about it.
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Humphreys : Final Thoughts From the Ice Base
Published on 08.05.2010 - Catlin Arctic Survey - 2
The Ice Base is now no more after 40 days on the floating sea ice. Rather than try and describe what life has been for the team out there, we thought we'd leave it up to Alastair Humphreys, the Communications Manager in the second phase of the expedition, in his final blog post.
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An inescapable trend - with all due respect to the climatosceptics!
Published on 06.05.2010 - Under the Pole.com
We are taking advantage an article published in the website of Ghislain Bardout and his "Deep Sea Under The Pole.com" expedition to draw everyone's attention to the trend of the ice of the Arctic icecap -and this, in relation to our previous article- "As they wait to be picked up, they continuer to dive..."
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Wise Return Home
Published on 05.05.2010 - Ice Dreams
After having no doubt cherished too big dream, the youngsters Sebastien Lapierre and Olivier Giasson have wisely returned home.
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As they wait to be picked up, they continue to dive
Published on 05.05.2010 - Under the Pole.com
The operation to collect Ghislain Bardout and his companions appears to be far from straightforward. And as the pilots at Ken Borek's airline company continue to analyse the situation, the members of Bardout's expedition continue to dive beneath the ice.
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‘Abnormal’ April Rainfall : A Big Surprise At High Arctic Ice Base
Published on 04.05.2010 - General Info
Catlin Arctic Survey Ice Base reports 'unheard of' April rain' -A surprise for experienced polar team
