| Apr 27. ExplorersWeb week in review | |
| Check the past week's major events - Ropes fixed to 8000m, three rowers on the Indian Ocean, and more.. | |
| Read about the week's hottest events.. |
| Apr 26. 8 Mile(s) | |
 | Ben Saunders is only a day’s march or about 8 nautical miles away from the safety of Borneo. Starting to talk with you sled together with tunes from the Top Gun soundtrack going on repeat in your head are good signs it's high time to get back to civilization. |
| Read Ben's dispatches |
| Apr 26. Deathly quiet and ghostly | |
 | Pen Hadows lonesome struggle in the Arctic continues. Numerous high pressure ridges and fog rolling in over the British explorer makes the landscape look weird. Pen describes it as "very ghostly, deathly quiet and spooky". The number of leads has decreased the last day but the fog has to come from somewhere. |
| Read Pen's latest dispatches |
| Apr 26. Whiteout on North West Passage | |
 | The Norwegian team travelling through the classic North West Passage have finished the first stage of their journey. They are now en route towards the village Gjoa Haven. The last few days have been spent in white out which is challenging both physically and mentally. They still have about 90 km before reaching the village. Due to the cold weather in March the two started the trek in a slow tempo to avoid injuries which has worked fine since they are both doing fine now. The temperature has now gone up and they have begun to pick up the pace and walk for 1 to 12 hours daily. So far the ice have been ok but they have spotted some cracks in it. |
| More on the expedition |
| Apr 25. Close call - frozen lead collapsed | |
 | The ice keeps getting more treacherous as Ben Saunders tries to reach Borneo. With increasing temperatures the ice gets difficult and today Ben was nearly forced to take a swim. When crossing a frozen over lead its snow bank collapsed underneath his feet giving him a good scare. Fortunately he made it across. |
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| Apr 24. Jumping over the frozen leads | |
 | Heading back towards Borneo from the North Pole Ben Saunders decided to take a half-day off to rest, obviously strained after nine days of hard skiing. The ice looks to Ben like a bomb might have gone off during the night but thankfully the many leads have been frozen over enough for Ben to creep over. You have to be very careful where you put your feet when on the Arctic Ice, or mind the gap as Ben says alluding to the voice heard in the London Underground. |
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| Apr 24. Mike Horn reached Cambridge Bay kiting | |
| Easter also saw Mike Horn make good progress on his Arktos Adventure. On the last stretch before reaching Cambridge Bay the winds changed and for once was blowing in the right direction. Mike quickly pulled out the kite and was able to use it to move forward a lot faster. |
| Read more about Mike.. |
| Apr 23. NP Challenge arrived at the Pole today! | |
 | The North Pole Challenge team made it to the top of the world. Geoff Somers, David Burckett St. Laurent and Adam Levy felt weird to arrive at a place on Earth that many men have made great sacrifices to get to over the years. Later that night the team raised the Union Jack in celebration of their achievement. |
| Read more about the team.. |
| Apr 23. Difficult ice and a well deserved rest for Pen | |
 | The ice conditions have been difficult over the weekend for Pen Hadow on his way towards the North Pole. On Monday the ice relented a bit with long open pans ahead but was later followed by light rubble fields which slowed him down. Yesterday was a well deserved rest day to catch up and repair the equipment. |
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| April 23, Ice cracking up for Ben - New innovative website | |
 | Ben is skiing his way back to Borneo from the NP, reporting much ice movement. Also, Ben's new Flash site is up! Check out cool features like a moving thermometer, 3D map and more. |
| www.northpole2003.com |
| Apr 22. Almost there | |
 | The North Pole Challenge team has continued through Easter on their quest towards the North Pole. Their current position is latitude 89 53 05.2 and longitude 109.13 23.3. In other words they are approaching the Pole quickly now with only 12,8 km to go. |
| Read more about the team.. |
| April 21. First solo dive at the North Pole - Complete | |
 | On April 19 Marcus Fillinger from Canberra, Australia, became the first person to dive solo and unassisted at the Geographic North Pole. |
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| April 21. Dangerous encounter on the Polar Race | |
| Stalking Polar bears is one of the great dangers on the Arctic ice cap. During the second leg of the Polar Race two teams had encounters with this king of the Arctic. Luckily both bear and racers came out on top of the situation. | |
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| Apr 20, The battle for the first North Pole video is over | |
 | Ben reached the North Pole 13.45 GMT April 20, and transmitted a video clip. It's only a second long, but it's the first live polar adventure video in human history from the North Pole. |
| Read more.. |
| Apr 20. ExplorersWeb week in review | |
| Check the past week's major events - Tents blown away on Everest, Sensational video send from the Arctic, and more.. | |
| Read about the week's hottest events.. |
| Apr 20. North Pole Marathon results are in | |
| Martin Tighe from the UK won the full length North Pole Marathon with a time of 5.02.10. All top three runners had to take a break during the race to have some frostnip treated before they were allowed to continue. | |
| Check out the results.. |
| Apr 20. Ben Saunders North Pole - Almost there | |
 | N89.53.9 E77.42.5 10.2 nautical miles -28°c. Spotted some more ski tracks this afternoon - very strange to see signs of other people around. Another big mileage day - in a way I'm frustrated that I'm not going 'all the way' this year - I'm now in no doubt that my fitness & preparation were up to it... |
| Read Ben's dispatch.. |
| Apr 19. NP Challenge update | |
| Geoff's expedition birthday today - tea and biscuits! They have moved northward during the night - nice to make progress even in their sleep. |
| Read their dispatch.. |
| Apr 18. Sensational video from the North Pole! | |
 | Ben is all alone out there, and for the first time ever, you get to watch him in this video clip, transmitted only minutes ago - using nothing but a PDA and sat phone! |
| Watch Ben skiing the ice.. |
| Apr 18. North Pole Challenge encounters a lead | |
 | The team ran into a big lead and followed it for a couple of hours. They are hoping it freezes up overnight so they can cross. |
| Read David and Adam's dispatches.. |
| Apr 18. Ben Saunders North Pole - Over half way there | |
 | Had a severe sense of humour failure today - fell over 3 times in the same minute (with the sledge landing on top of me the last time).... |
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