April 8, 2008 by Lei.

I’m leaving Boston on April 9th for my North Pole trip. It would be a long flight through Copenhagen, Oslo, then the last stop in civilization — Longyearbyen of Norway. There, our team of 8 strangers from around the world will go through a 3-4 days’ training before we fly on to ice around April 16th to officially start our ski trip. We expect to arrive at the North Pole around April 26th. The distance between 89 degrees and the North Pole is about 60 nautical miles (1 nautical mile = 1.8 kilometer). But because of ice drift (hey, we are on an ocean!), the actual mileage we ski through will be much longer.

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April 8, 2008 by Lei.

I enjoyed quite a different life style during the past couple months:) Instead of being my normal mountain girl, I was hanging out on beach every other day:

The two tires weigh about 80 pounds together, and came as a special gift from John Huston, a polar adventurer and guide, who helped me to kick start this training last fall.

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