The North Pole is the 'Everest' of polar expeditions. The North Pole is more of a GPS location when you are on the ice cap because it is not a constant, as is the South Pole which is anchored by a land mass. Rather, the actual North Pole can move by up to 16km each day!

Surrounded by sea ice and in total darkness for half the year, the Pole is attainable only during a short ‘window’ of time. If too early, darkness and extremely cold temperatures prevail. If too late, the Arctic Ocean is transformed into a watery enshrouded pack of drifting sea ice. The expedition will travel and live on the polar pack ice, navigate over pressure ridges, search for routes around open leads of water and camp on multi-year pans of ice.

Challenges aside, an expedition to the top of the world is an amazing experience. It is difficult to describe the beauty of the soft arctic light, the variety of snow crystals and the ever-changing colours of the ice that are a feature of travel in the polar regions.

  • Polar travel in the steps of the early explorers
  • Incredible vistas to the end of the world!
  • One of the Three Poles


Dates: February 28 - April 27, 2012

        ** Last Degree North Pole: 10 - 26 April, 2012

Duration: 60 days for Full North Pole Trek

                  17 days for Last Degree (inclusive 5 days training)

Departure: start Resolute, Canada; finish Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

Last Degree North Pole: start / finish Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway  

Price:  on application for full 60 day North Pole Expedition

        ** Last Degree North Pole EUR30,400 per person

Please click here to download the North Pole 2012 trip notes:

Adobe Acrobat DocumentNorth Pole All The Way 2012
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Trip notes for the full North Pole Expedition

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