I was excited to see everyone and meet new explorers. The expedition was set to begin on the 13th where we’d meet the rest of our Quark Expeditions team including a few Chinese guys that came to the South Pole with me in 2014. Myself and my two good friends Jeff and Joe, arrived in Longyearbyen on the 10th of April. It rarely does, as I’ve learned, in the Polar Regions. If all went according to plan it would’ve been about 3 days altogether. This expedition involved a chartered Soviet cargo plane up to the Russian ice camp of Barneo and from there it was a Russian military helicopter to the North Pole. So I went with an expedition out of Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
The only other appealing thing about this trip was it also stopped in Franz Josef Land but that wasn’t worth an extra $10,000 to me.
#80 days north pole guide plus
This was considered but the time commitment plus the price was pretty steep. They had a few options including an icebreaker out of Murmansk, Russia that would reach the North Pole and back in 15 days or so. Quark is obviously a well known, trusted name and they were highly recommended by several people whose opinions I value. So here is how I made it to the North Pole and all the crazy circumstances surrounding the expedition!Īfter looking into all possible options I decided to go with Quark Expeditions for my North Pole expedition. Getting to the North Pole is not easy, nor is it cheap any way you slice it. Ever since my first failed Antarctic expedition when Prince Harry prevented me from reaching the South Pole and when I finally made it to the South Pole I knew I was going to go to the North Pole.
How I made it to the North Pole is a roundabout story that goes back more than 2 years.
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