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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Catlin Arctic Survey : it’s abandoned
Published on 14.05.2009 - Catlin Arctic Survey
When the trio was still 490 kilometres from the North Pole, and after a 73-day trek, Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley threw in the towel. Two Twin Otters were needed for recovering them...
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The teachers are finally out on the ice
Published on 13.05.2009 - TAE57-58 Fuchs Foundation
It had been a long time coming, but finally on 8th May, the four teachers from the Fuchs Foundation were dropped off by helicopters on the Greenland icecap.
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The other expeditions : Greenland has taken over…
Published on 13.05.2009 - General Info
On 26 and 27 April, Viktor Boyarski and his men dismantled the Russian Barneo station, thus putting a full stop to the expeditions that have measured themselves against the North Pole. Greenland has taken over.
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Progress is becoming very tough
Published on 11.05.2009 - General Info
The sea-ice is becoming boggier by the day and the direction of drift has changed, pushing them towards the north, as though they were walking on a travelator - backwards...
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The sweet taste of victory
Published on 11.05.2009 - Victorinox North Pole 09 Expedition
After achieving a significant first (John Huston and Tyler Fish were the first Americans to succeed in completing an unassisted trek to the North Pole), the two men can now spend a little time reliving their feat and enjoying their conquest at their ease.
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The countdown has begun
Published on 11.05.2009 - North Pole 2010 Expedition, The Science and The Team
Now that the ice is melting rapidly in the area around Ward Hunt, the countdown phase for the end of Pen Hadow's expedition has begun in earnest.
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A travelling circus…
Published on 11.05.2009 - Baffin Babes
Right in the middle of nowhere, out there somewhere in the wondrous icy Arctic landscape, the girls suddenly came across a travelling circus. In fact, it was the world's only Arctic circus! And they couldn't believe their eyes...
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Navy Cliff in sight
Published on 11.05.2009 - Thule to Thule
Navy Cliff is a point in the north-east of Greenland at the end of an immense fjord. And it's that point that the two men now have firmly in their sights...
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“We are losing our roads and soon will have nowhere to go…”
Published on 07.05.2009 - Hubert at the Humboldt
With the arrival of The Spaniards from Tierras Polares, the trek of Larry Hunt and Alain Hubert comes to an end. They will be flying back to Qaanaaq together and, in a few days, they will be home.
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Hundreds of icebergs !
Published on 05.05.2009 - Hubert at the Humboldt
The two men have reached sea level. In front of them, many seal holes and hundreds of icebergs but unfortunately no bears.
