Eagles Cry Adventures. as your outfitter, will thoroughly prepare your group for life's most outstanding experience to ski the North Pole. You will receive educational information every step of the way over the months ahead. We invite you to email us with any questions you have and at any time. That's what we're here for. We want you to have the most enjoyable experience ever !!

Day 1, (exact date TBA)- Fly from your country to Longyearbyen, Svalbard via Oslo, Norway. Our expedition guides will provide transportation to the hotel. Accommodations are at a 3-4 star hotel. An organizational meeting and a "festive" party will be held prior to departure to the North Pole ice base.

Day 2, April  - Checking out your gear, practice runs and getting to know team members. Excursion programs around Svalbard, that you can schedule in advance are available. 

Day 3, April-  Flight to the Drifting Ice Base at the North Pole. -  Flight is 3 hours.  Settle into the camp and begin preparing your equipment for  your assault on the North Pole. This base camp will be located on the largest, safest, most solid pack ice nearest to the Pole. Since we are on the Polar ice floe, the base camp may be within 50 miles of the true North Pole, and moves on average of 5 to 16 kilometers per day. You'll be placed out on the ice in the most strategic position of northerly moving ice.  You will be supplied tents, food, heaters, and communication.  Keep in mind that the polar ice cap is roughly two meters thick and the Arctic Ocean underneath is 4,200 meters deep! The ice cap is constantly moving due to the wind and ocean current, so bring your GPS and watch the base camp migrate up to one or two kilometers per hour, on the 1,600 kilometer polar ice cap. The North Pole is more of a GPS location when you are on the ice cap because it is not constant, as on the South pole, a continent, which doesn't move. We will take several of your senior persons in your ski group to fly over the selected ski path to the North Pole. This way you will have the most accurate up to date appraisal of the ice floes, pressure ridges and leads. This will allow you to make any tactical changes to ensure your success on the ice to reach the Pole. The remainder of the day your ski group will acclimate to the Arctic Environment. Organize your group for your assault on the ice the following day.

Day 4-8, April -   Set off for your assault to the North Pole! 5 Days on the ice.
Trek the glorious Arctic Desert. Skiing 4 to 5 hours in the morning before breaking for lunch and then skiing for 4 to 5 hours in the afternoon before setting up camp for the rest. Organizational meeting discussing the day's activities and the upcoming days expectations. You will have 5 days to reach the North Pole on the "Ski Expedition to the Pole". 

Day 9, April -  CELEBRATION AT THE EXACT GEOGRAPHIC NORTH POLE !!
YOU have arrived at the North Pole!! Celebration all in the world of eternal sunlight. We will arrive with a Russian MI-8 helicopter to transport you back to the ice base where you will be able to continue your celebration with the other participants !!

Day 10, April -
Depart the ice base for Longyearbyen, Svalbard aboard the AN-74 jet aircraft for your flight back to Svalbard. Re-establishing communication (phones to home), festive party and distribution of commemorative North Pole certificates. 

Day 11, April -
 Departure back to your home country ! Unless, you wish to stay in Longyearbyen with a few of us to see more sights.

***The itinerary may change according to the North Pole Weather and other logistical variables. We recommend that before you make your airline flight ticket reservations you contact us for the exact dates, which may vary until they are exactly set around February, 2005.

·Eagles Cry Adventures has had an impeccable safety record!! Our ski groups are constantly monitored while they are out on the ice. 
We stay focused on safety at all times!!
While there may be other activities such as hot air balloon flights, skydiving and general participants, nothing takes more precedence than the lives that are out on the ice!! That's why there are expert guides at the ice base monitoring every client out on the ice during the entire Expedition. 

·The "Ski the Last Degree to the North Pole Expedition" may traverse a distance of up to 50 to 70 Kilometers. The distance from the point you are placed out on the ice to the North Pole may be greater depending on the number of "leads" (cracks in the ice that you must go around), and the activity  or movement of the ice (southerly or northerly etc). Typically each year, skiers can expect the trek to be about 70 Kilometers. This requires the participant to be in good aerobic and physical shape, but you do not have to have great cross country skiing skills, you just need to be in good health and have good aerobic stamina, and a balanced psyche in moments of stress and uncertainty.

·The average or minimal average forward movement of most ski groups in the past years has been 8.5 miles. Therefore it is very conceivable for an average or even slow group progression to make it to the North Pole in 4 to 5 days. Our itinerary arranges for 5 days and utilizing the last day to reach the Pole. And this is where the strict attention to northerly drifting ice comes to be appreciated. 

·April is the only month any outfitter can send expeditions to the Pole. The sun rises February/March and the ice base is set up at the end of March. Expeditions are sent up throughout April, and by May the drifting ice base is taken off the ice because the ice floes become unstable for such activity. 
 

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