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Adventure up North is about to start !
As life goes on for most of us our small team of intrepid adventurers lead by Bengt Rotmo is about to tackle on the North Pole, one of the most inhospitable places on Earth… (or should we say on...
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stand by
Team is on stand-by, all equipment packed, prepared and on board the plane and just waiting for the go ahead ! Last info we has says that they will be taking of at 16:00. Will keep you updated !...
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At Barneo, and ready to go
Team took off from Longyearbyen around 17:00 Norway time. Now they are at Barneo base. Message sent from Lat 89.588173 Lon -26.946073 Hi, we are at Barneo now, came in late and will fly out to 89...
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on the way
Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Lat 89.12501 Lon 92.478597 "Hi, first day finished. Wind from the back. Drifting sideways, and a bit to the pole. Warm weather! "
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good progress
Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Lat 89.323578 Lon 98.416128 “Day 2: We have our camp site 76 km away from the pole. Found nice ice today, and had lots of wind from the back. Visibility was bad....
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good day
Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Latitude: 89.503062, Longitude: 100.944142 Day3: Already halfway! We had good drift last night, that helped…. Today has been cold, but with sunny spells. The...
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32 K’s left
Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Latitude 89.722445, Longitude 100.67399 Day 4, and 32km left to the Pole. Today has been a cold and windy day. We crossed several small leads, nothing serious. Bad...
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drifting snow in the air
Bengt Rotmo sent this message from: Latitude: 89.925897, longitude: 94.25703 Day 5: Woke up 27 km from the pole. Okey visibility but no sun, and drifting snow in the air. Small leads all over...
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Just a very short message from Bengt… “Day 5, night: reached the Pole at 5 o’clock” We guess they rest some and kept on walking, not wanting to risk drifting past the Pole while sleeping….
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