| Apr 11. Another lead to swim | |
 | Pen Hadow has had some good walking over the last few days but on Wednesday he was forced to swim another lead, this one about 75 meters wide. After walking for another hour and a half he encountered yet another lead, this one over 400 meters wide. He decided to stay put and set up camp hoping that the lead will freeze up over night. |
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| Apr 10. North Pole challenge | |
 | On the Arctic ice right now are Geoff Somers, David Burckett St. Laurent and Adam Levy who are heading towards the North Pole. The team's current position is latitude 88 59 55 and longtitude 113 57 and they will start from there and try to reach the North Pole. If everything is on schedule they should be on their way now. According to their latest update the key to Polar life is to master the environment and your relation to it as far as possible. |
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| Apr 10. Finally at Cambridge Bay | |
 | The journey through the North West passage continues for the Norwegian team. On Monday they reached Cambridge Bay and thus concluded the first part of the expedition. When they reached land about 10 km from Cambridge Bay they were met by some nice people living in a cabin nearby. As they were heading back that evening the two were allowed to borrow the cabin where they spent the night. |
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| Apr 9. Swimming to the North Pole in -40C/F | |
 | Though high altitude mountaineering might be the most dangerous "sport" around - skiing unsupported to the North Pole is probably the toughest! Check out unique swimming images from North Pole. |
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| Apr 9. Pen Hadow swims lead | |
 | Pen Hadow is still out on the ice struggling to reach the North Pole. The latest position report came in this Sunday at 84 18’ N 74 35’W. After having walked for ten hours that day the progress made was 7,5 nautical miles leaving 73 to go before reaching the Pole. It looks to Pen as if the summer thaw has started as he ran into his first two leads this weekend. The first one was about 12 meters and since there seemed to be no way around it he swam it pulling his sled behind. |
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| Apr 8. World's first satellite video transmission from a North Pole expedition | |
 | Yesterday and today the North Pole Challenge team armed with the Contact 2.0 expedition software were able to send the first ever live videos from the high-arctic through an Iridium phone, straight to the web. |
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| Apr 8. Ready, steady, go | |
 | With only one day remaining the start of the Polar Race 2003 draws near. The teams are currently out on the ice for final training. They will start from Resolute Bay, Canada and then the 350 miles towards the Magnetic North Pole. Everyone is busy with last minute preparations for the race and the teams slept out on the Sea ice yesterday. |
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| Apr 7. Mike Horn left Gjoa Haven | |
| Mike Horn calls in from his Arktos adventure. His current position is N68°37.780 W96°32.024. Mike left Gjoa Haven on April 5th after having spent some time with his wife and daughters who have now returned to Switzerland. Saying goodbye to his family and the new friends made in the village proved difficult as always. |
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| Apr 6. ExplorersWeb week in review | |
| Check the past week's major events - Henry Todd, Everest's most dangerous person, Andrew Halsey's Pacific Ocean Row is over, and more.. | |
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| Apr 5. A blessing in disguise | |
| The Norwegian team retracing the classic North West Passage in the Arctic have begun to move a little bit faster. By setting their goals higher they might pick up the pace a bit. They tried to manage 25 km the other day but fell slightly short after the ice conditions became difficult. The fact that the weather is getting milder might seem like a blessing but it slows them down which is not a good thing when you are trying to gain speed. | |
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| April 4. Jim Mcneilll fully recovered | |
 | The Ice Warrior team is still up in Resolute Bay training. Jim Mcneill having been diagnosed with Necrotizing Fasciitis, a flesh eating disease has now made a full recovery. Unfortunately he has no plans to attempt his North Pole mission. But he has been busy training the Ice-Warrior Squad for the expedition in December 2003. |
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| Apr 3. Pen Hadow pushes forward | |
| Pen Hadow is pushing forward on his quest to reach the North Pole. The latest progress report came from this Sunday, his 11th day of walking. By then Pen had managed 42,5 nautical miles in total. The weather was sunny but quite cold with temperatures at 40 degrees below zero. |
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| Apr 2. Mike Horn with his family | |
| The latest update came in from Mike Horn on his Arktos Adventure the other day. Finally he made it to the village of Gjoa Haven where his family was waiting to greet him. The days before reaching the actual village Mike could see the village lights pushing him forward even though it at times felt as if he would never get there. |
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| Apr 1. North west team continues | |
| Some good progress has been made over the weekend by the North West Passage team. Last week went well and they have now begun to pick up speed and as of yesterday only 150 km remained to Cambridge Bay which is the first step along their route. Monday saw them advancing 20 km even though the winds were working against them. |
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| Mar 31. Ice warrior infected | |
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Jim Mcneill is up in Resolute and has been diagnosed with Necrotizing Fasciitis, a flesh eating disease. A blister on his ankle swelled quite a bit and became infected, but he has been receiving antibiotics intravenously and they are helping quite a bit. There is no word whether the expedition has been delayed or called off. | |
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| Mar 31. Polar race countdown | |
 | The countdown has most certainly begun for The Polar Race 2003. In only 8 days the teams will have to be ready to head off on the great Arctic challenge. A few days ago Mark Harris of the Polar Team announced that he will not be able to compete in the race due to illness. |
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| Mar 30. North West Passage update | |
| The Norwegian expedition heads along the classic North West Passage and sums up the week's experiences in their latest update. The week has been a fine one with calmer weather after the previous week's hard winds. The warmth has been welcome, but things are steadily growing colder now so they are expecting a chilly night. The pair is in good shape and is increasing the daily walking distances. About 230 km remain before they reach their first goal, Cambridge Bay. | |
| Team's website... |
| Mar 30. ExplorersWeb week in review | |
| Check the past week's major events - HRA doctors come to the aid of a trekker in the Khumbu valley, Everest teams are nearing base camp, and more.. | |
| Read about the week's hottest events.. |
| Mar 29. Kites are for kids | |
 | Paul Landry and his family will be heading off to traverse Greenland's icecap in a month's time - and you thought riding in the back of your parents station wagon was tough!
Ma, pa, bro, and sis will use the wind to make it across Greenland - armed with kites, the family will be flying across the ice! |
| Check out some test videos of the family tearing up the ice with their kites.. |
| Mar 28. Pen Hadow update | |
| Pen Hadow's solo ice trek towards the ever elusive North Pole continues. His latest update came in this Wednesday after ten days on the ice and Pen's position was 83 31 N 74 15’W. In total he had managed 26 nautical miles, three of them skied that day. The weather has been sunny with very low winds and temperatures at -44 degrees below zero. |
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| Mar 27. North West Passage update | |
| The two Norweigian explorers; Bengt Egil Rotmo and Randulf Valle reports in from their voyage along the classic North West Passage. Everything is fine with them and they are now about 250km away from Cambride Bay but it is not always possible to follow a straight course. They have also to done some ski-sailing which have worked out very well. |
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