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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What about the other expeditions ?
Published on 30.03.2009 - General Info
As we wait for them to set out on their treks, here's an overview of the status with our eleven other expeditions due to depart (or already on their way) either to Greenland or out on the Arctic sea-ice.
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“We’re enjoying each other’s company more and more…”
Published on 30.03.2009 - Victorinox North Pole 09 Expedition
In a word, things are going really well for the Huston-Fish team. They are also making faster, more consistent progress. And happy to be there...
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Suffering in silence
Published on 30.03.2009 - Catlin Arctic Survey
The reports coming back from Pen Hadow's expedition are lifting the curtain somewhat on some of the suffering the team members are having to endure: cold, rotten terrain, wind, etc.
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The king and queen of the ice have finally shown themselves
Published on 29.03.2009 - Baffin Babes
Emma, Kristin and Vera have seen their first polar bears. The sighting didn't phase them too much, but an encounter with an Austrian on the other hand...
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First set of fresh supplies
Published on 29.03.2009 - Peary Centennial North Pole Expedition
Although the terrain continues to be terrible, the three men have received fresh supplies for the first time. Plus the ice drift carried them almost two kilometres on the north in a single night. Lucky...
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Christina, take 2 !
Published on 24.03.2009 - Christina Franco North Pole Solo
She said she would, two weeks ago when she was forced to be airlifted off the sea ice after her stove failed to light properly. And now she has. That's right, Christina Franco is on her way again.
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“Inside my bra, between my boobs…”
Published on 24.03.2009 - Baffin Babes
Three out of the four women have now set out from the small town of Qikiqtarjuaq, on the east coast of Baffin Island. The fourth is waiting in Longyearbyen on Svalbard until she feels better, acting as temporary HQ for the others.
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The agony and the ecstasy
Published on 24.03.2009 - Peary Centennial North Pole Expedition
As is usual with this type of adventure, Dupré and his two companions are beginning to achieve more and more with each passing day. And the trio's morale is sky-high, despite the rotten ice conditions they are having to contend with.
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“The body of a weak and feeble woman, but the heart of a king…”
Published on 23.03.2009 - Catlin Arctic Survey
A dispatch in which we speak of the Invincible Armada of Philip II of Spain, of a rousing speech delivered by Elizabeth I of England, of malfunctioning camera buttons and frozen muscles.
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Snow and routine.
Published on 23.03.2009 - Victorinox North Pole 09 Expedition
John Huston talks about the different types of ice and then tells us something of the day-to-day routine out on the sea ice.
