NORTH POLE – April 2010
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The Last Degree
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A journey like no other and only for the serious adventurer! Turn a dream into reality and go where few have been before, joining an exclusive North Pole Expedition. Strap on your skis and encounter extraordinary scenery as you make your way across the ice to the Geographic North Pole. You will literally be on top of the world!
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Brief Itinerary
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|  | Arriving in Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen, Norway) proceed directly to the accommodation at the 'Spitsbergen Basecamp' in Longyearbyen.
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| | | Preparation, packing, equipment check, Acclimatizing to this dramatic high Arctic setting.
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| | | More training and final preparations to be made for the Pole expedition over the rest of the day.
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| | | Depending on weather conditions, we will fly to the seasonally erected sea ice base, 'Borneo', on the Arctic Ocean. If Borneo has drifted substantially away from latitude 89° North, then we will transfer to the MI-8 helicopter based at Borneo for a 'drop-off' at 89° North. The expedition then sets off on skis, heading True North to the Pole.
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| | | The expedition team continues towards the Pole overice pans, pressure ridges and ice rubble fields, while circumnavigating the ice and open water.
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| | | The goal attained the team finally reaches the North Geographic Pole!
The tent is pitched and, after celebrations, the team sleeps overnight at the Pole, floating on the ice about 4 km above the seabed!
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| | | The next morning the MI-8 helicopter comes for the 'pick up' and the team returns to Borneo. The jet plane then arrives at Borneo, subject to weather, to return the team to Longyearbyen. Celebrations continue!
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| | | A sad good bye from the arctic as the team flies home.
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See Participant information pack for more details
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*Pictures of world globes created with the Earth and Moon Viewer by John Walker.
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