Explorer plans first 'absolute solo' crossing of Arctic Ocean
Westcountry explorer Pen Hadow announced yesterday he will make a scientific survey of the Arctic sea ice while attempting the first unsupported solo crossing of the Arctic Ocean.
The 1,000 mile coast-to-coast traverse of the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada, via the North Pole, will take place in February next year.
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Pen Hadow aims to make a scientific survey of Arctic Ocean sea ice
Hadow, 50, who in 2003 became the first person to trek solo, without resupply, from Canada to the North Geographic Pole, will make the journey on foot with no resupplies or machines, dogs or kites.
During the 100 days of the trek, he will face some of the most extreme weather conditions on Earth, while managing encounters with hunting polar bears, and enduring repeated long distance swims between the ice floes.
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"It's all about combining the spirits of adventure and science to get the important message out that the Arctic Ocean environment is rapidly changing, and the impacts will be coming to many of us, sooner rather than later," he said.
To achieve the feat the explorer from Tavistock will extract the most from the limited resources in his sledge and renewable energy from the sun to become the world's most resource-efficient person.
The expedition's scientific objective is to enable an updated assessment of the total volume of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Hadow will make up to 50,000 observations of the sea ice for analysis by scientists.
Comments
by Johnny_Brant
Tuesday, May 01 2012, 12:18AM
“--'enduring repeated long distance swims between the ice floes'--
Yer wot? Surely no human could live more than a few minutes in ice water,and how will he dry his clothes if he did reach the opposite bank? And how will he get his sledge across the water channels?”
by Workitout
Monday, April 30 2012, 9:26PM
“Brave Guy to do it.
But he is just "Having a look". Satellites can give far mor info than Pen.
Seems he is trying a K1Mile treck with a back pack.
Scientific information he will find...."Its flipping freezing"
Rgds”