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Recent Expedition : Footsteps on the Arctic Ocean - Winters 2007-2009 Expedition
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Footsteps on the Arctic Ocean - Winters 2007-2009
Expected to have finished 911 days ago
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Expedition Type: Manhauling / Paragliding / SCUBA diving
Departure Date:
01 Feb 2008
Last Update: 1243 days ago (View Update)
Expected Duration: 40 Days
Anticipated Distance: 160km
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Team:
Cameron M. Smith, Charles (Chuck) Sullivan, John Haslett,
Sponsors: NIKE, TenXys, ArcticShield, LifeLink, Nielsen-Kellerman, Pelican, GlacierGlove, Pelican Products
Views: 1424
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 Team member Cameron M. Smith: My expeditions over the past 20 years have taken me to Africa, Canada, South America, Iceland, and Alaska. Some have been televised on the Outdoor Life Network ('Voyage of the Manteno' parts I and II, 2000, 2001), and National Geographic Television ...View Details |  Team member Charles (Chuck) Sullivan: Chuck will manage communications and rations, as he did in the 2004 SoloIce expedition to Iceland. For the first Footsteps expedition, he worked with me (Cameron) to build the 'pulkayak', my sled/kayak, every weekend for nearly a year. Chuck teaches ...View Details |  Team member John Haslett: John is a world-class expeditioner, and the world authority on the building and sailing of aboriginal sailing rafts of South America. That's because for the past 15 years, he's been obsessed with making and sailing replicas of these fascinating vesse...View Details |
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Expedition Objective(s):
Paragliding and manhauling on the North Coast of Alaska, exploring the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean; SCUBA beneath the ice will follow in Winter, 2009....View Details
Interesting Aspects:
This is Part II of a 3-part expedition focusing on documenting the world of Winter. It follows my February 2008 expedition, exploring this landscape in Winter....View Details
Equipment List:
Being prepared....View Details
See Also:
http://www.cameronmsmith.com/footsteps/footsteps.html Expedition Home Page
http://www.soloice.com/ Link to related 2000-2004 expeditions to Iceland.
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Concluding Report:
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Advice:
Learn from the native people, the Inupiat! They;ve been doing this for 4,000 years.
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