Saturday, January 16, 2010

A North Pole map

Seems even Google Earth doesn't go as far north as the north pole. You just have to imagine the flag at 90North. Shown on the map is:
Iqaluit - where we go first for training, acclimitisation and final preparations
Resolute - where we wait for the final flight
Eureka - where we put down on route if the flight can't get all the way through
Ward Hunt Island - where we are dropped off by the charter plane to start the expedition. We may be off to the left a wee way if conditions look better there.
Magnetic North Pole - not where we are going (but where the Top Gear cars went). We are going a lot further north than that. Our compasses will point towards magnetic north while we try to head true north.


View North Pole expedition in a larger map

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