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Polar Explorers Lonnie Dupre and Eric Larsen send daily dispatches during their unprecedented four-month journey to the North Pole and back. The expedition team will pull and paddle specially modified canoes across nearly 1,000 miles of shifting sea ice and open ocean. Their objective is to complete the first ever summer expedition to the North Pole and to highlight the growing issues surrounding global warming.
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Apr 30, 2006
overcast 5 F windy
'I've got six or seven balls on the air right now,' the charter flight company representative stated flatly over the phone. 'After I grab on to a few I'll give you a call.' The statement left little doubt to our fate over the next few days. Whether in Russia or Resolute, this is still the north and things happen a bit differently here.

Like our gear for example. We had thought that shipping our boats, snow shoes and every other piece of equipment nearly three weeks ago would assure its safe arrival. Not so. After calling and waiting and waiting and calling, we finally managed to talk to someone in Ottawa (of all places) who was able to pinpoint our supplies somewhere 19,000 feet above northern Baffin Island traveling at approximately 278 mph toward our present location. With nothing left to do but sit and wait, we settled in to another comfortable dinner at the south camp inn.

Despite the outward appearance of lethargy, our day has been filled with chance conversations with other adventurers and scientists. One man, Joyche, is leading a small group of people to the magnetic north pole (at least where it was 10 years ago). They have been waiting for over a week to partake in a trip lasting just a few days. The Ice Warrior team (two members pictured) has also returned from a five week Ellesemere Island expedition. Their journey, in concert with Jim Mcneil's aborted North Pole journey, was collecting snow samples for Dr. Tom Grenfell of the University of Washington. We also met with Dr. Grenfell--who is in Resolute to conduct on-site analysis of the snow samples--to discuss our own sampling procedures

The rest of the Greenpeace team is keeping busy. Mark has been preparing the video cameras for tomorrow as well as our journey north. Steve has been doing the same except with his still cameras. Mike, as usual, is neck deep in electronics. Rounding out the team is Melanie who has been amassing her notes on global warming.

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