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Going North soon!

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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3 Responses to “Going North soon!”

  1. CrazyDave says:
    April 10, 2008 at 5:39 pm

    Lei - I’m looking forward to seeing you reach your goal. What your doing is really awesome. Have a lot of fun and come back with plenty of pictures.

  2. Killian says:
    April 21, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Fantastic to hear you are on your way again, Lei! (Well on your way, by the time I post this — sorry I’ve been out of the loop. You caught me napping!)

    You are a wonder. I’m constantly more and more impressed with you. Keep us posted! Enjoy!

  3. CrazyDave says:
    April 24, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Lei - Your doing great !!! I am really amazed at the stuff you doing. If you make it to the North Pole. Have someone stand at the exact 90 degree’s location and go in a large circle around them. So that you can enter all of the Worlds Time Zones in a matter of a few minutes.

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