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Good things come to those who wait
11:10am Monday 30th March 2009
Blog from the Arctic by Martin Hartley: "We always expected that conditions out here would be tough and throughout the expedition so far that expectation has not fallen short.
Ice team finds first polar bear tracks
11:54am Monday 16th March 2009
The three explorers taking part in the Catlin Arctic Survey have found their first polar bear tracks.
Hotline from a cold climate
12:43pm Thursday 12th March 2009
Blog from the Arctic: Pen Hadow on his phone call - amid howling polar winds - to the Secretary of State for International Development.
A novel use for a pair of knickers
4:20pm Saturday 14th March 2009
Blog from the Arctic: Ann Daniels has found a new way to navigate the North Pole when her compass fails.
Navigating the boulders
1:20pm Friday 13th March 2009
Blog from the Arctic: As Pen Hadow trudges across fields of ice rubble in -40 degree temperatures, he is optimistic things will get easier.
Explorers embark on epic polar ice survey
3:13pm Monday 2nd March 2009
Three British explorers on a mission to measure the thickness of the remaining polar ice have now departed on their 1,000km trek to the North Pole.
Arctic survey team to start epic 1,200km trek
3:30pm Saturday 28th February 2009
Three explorers heading for the North Pole to measure the thickness of the remaining Arctic sea ice are due to start their expedition today.
Polar expedition key facts
3:58pm Saturday 28th February 2009
The Ice Team will walk 1,200 kilometres in around 100 days in temperatures as low as -50C in the early stages.
A note on the nature of polar expeditions
4:42pm Saturday 28th February 2009
Blog from the Arctic: Operations director Simon Harris-Ward on the brutalities that lie ahead.
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