After being delayed for a few days due to weather, Doug & Jack are off and have started skiing toward the pole. The two arrived at Barneo camp around midday, and got in about 5 hours of skiing before setting up camp at 8 pm. The next day they got in a full day of … Continued
Greetings from Longyearbyen, Norway. I appreciate all of your good wishes and messages of support. I wanted to let you know that after careful deliberation, I have decided to discontinue my journey to the North Pole. The current conditions here are such that it has been very challenging for any of the 2010 teams … Continued
Hey everyone, We have been delayed another day and are hoping to depart Thursday April 15th at 9am (+1 GMT). Our fingers are crossed that weather clears at Barneo but we made the best of it by renting some snowmobiles today and traveled 100km to the Tempelfjord to the Noorderlicht floating hotel and glacier. We … Continued
On delay in Longyearbyen, Norway. Cyclone at Barneo Ice Station and on a holding pattern until it lifts. New flight is scheduled for April 14th at 9AM. Doug’s dispatch from Longyearbyen Jack Ashton and Dennis Garcia waiting to depart Doug packing fuel for the stove Dennis, Doug, & Jack Dennis packing food AN 74 takeoff … Continued
Jack Ashton and Dennis Garcia The crew is prepared and ready to hit the ice tomorrow! Stay tuned for regular updates.
After 8 days of some of the worst conditions I have witnessed on the arctic ocean, Parker and I had to call off the expedition due to a large open water lead many miles long that was impossible to get around to achieve our goal. Throughout the week, Parker and I encountered significant negative southward … Continued
Polar Resolutions? North Pole 2010: April 11 to 22, 2010 Space Still Available What’s on your list for 2010? Dream big and reach the North Pole in 2010. Ice Axe Expeditions still has positions on its North Pole Expedition Team for April 11 to 22, 2010. Travel via ski over frozen ice fields from the … Continued
by Robert Frohlich “Every man has his White South.” – Ernest Shackleton [Cape Horn, Drake Passage 60 degrees S/60 degrees W] The Antarctic Peninsula is home to the continent’s greatest wildlife diversity within some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet. However, one mammal not found in Antarctica associated with Polar Regions is the Polar … Continued
by Robert Frohlich [Aitcho Islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 62.22′ degrees S/59.47′ degrees west]: On a perfect day the cold atmosphere is clearer than glass and the distant vistas lie within a lively imagination’s immediate grasp. From the bridge looking north to northwest the glaciers fed into Aitcho Bay, turning bluish sea into milky turquoise with meltwater. Above … Continued
Thanks to our friend Keoki Flagg (© 2009) for all these great photos! [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157622756151169″]
