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APRIL 10 - 20,
2006
The Last Degree to the geographic North
Pole
The team successfully reached GPS 89.999°N at
approximately 3:25 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19.
Despite numerous pressure ridges and leads (open
water), as well as fast-moving drifting ice, they
arrived at the geographic North Pole as scheduled
and in good health. They were flown to Ice Station
Borneo where they connected with their flight off
the ice.
Thank you to all of our
sponsors, family, friends; and to all the students
who followed the expedition over the
internet.
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Ice
thickness;
drift
forecast;
route
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The
team at the geographic North
Pole
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The
Last Degree
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Veteran
explorer Doug Stoup and
his team of adventurers
followed in the
footsteps of Nansen,
Peary and Cook --
trekking over drifiting
ice pack on the Arctic
Ocean to the Geographic
North Pole -- literally
the top of the
world.
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---Doug,
along with Peter Turkstra, Paul
Hubner, Scott Shawyer, Fred
Losani, Steve Stipsits and Ted
Wilkes flew from Longyearbyen,
Svalbard (Norway) to Borneo Ice
Station at 89N; where they skied
the remaining 115 kilometers / 72
miles to the Pole.
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The
focus was not only to arrive at
the Geographic North Pole, but to
raise $500,000 for schools,
children and families that need
assistance -- it was a
success.
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The
team sent back daily dispatches
via satellite; allowing students
to ask questions over the
internet.
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Peter
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Paul
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Scott
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Fred
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Steve
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Ted
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Ice
Station
Borneo
Set up every year in the
spring since 1993, the ice
station is located on the Russian
side of the Arctic Ocean ice pack
at 89° N. It is
approximately 55 nautical miles
from the geographic North Pole --
depending on daily drift.
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Weather
Conditions:
North
Pole
-4 °F / -20 °C
satellite map
overcast
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Time:
UTC
11/26/08 12:43:15 AM
CET (UTC+1)
Ontario / EST ( UTC-4)
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