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GrandPoohBah went to the Top of the World  (see map, chart.)

                                                                                                        

                               

Hard Ice Pack       Icebreaker Yamal    Grinding through Ice   Midnight Sun  Loose Ice Pack
Low Ice Ridge on way to Pole Icebreaker Yamal Pack ice cracks as the Icebreaker grinds through The sun glows all day long, sometimes darkly behind fog and cloud Loose pack ice, 80 deg N
Ice Scapes  on Top of the World,   Fields of Dreams :  Then and Now     Up Close
Vista of ice Light on Ice More Like Fields of Shaving Gel 19th century wreck Yamal Bow, Up Close
Getting over Open Lead     Ice Ledge@ 88°N    Daily  Grind Cold? The Sea, Sky, and All  Lines meet
Getting over leads Peak Experience Setting up tent, moving supplies Very mysterious Ice and Sky blur at the Geographic North Pole
 ... at the Pole    Victor Boyarsky & Max Borten  Pyotr the Mechanic Helicopter Ice Patrol Return to Barents Sea   
The Pole at the Pole Russian Team Members Our Helicopter Mechanic Checking out Ice Conditions On the Way Back
 (Been There, Done That)
GrandPoohBah takes a well deserved rest

 

More Info:

VICAAR: International Projects and Expeditions.

Gear

The Jaipur Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi) Article (one team member's story!)

The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times

The Polar Web

Fridtjof Nansen: Hero's Hero