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Art's Audio Updates:
2011 Expedition Part 3 - Illinois to Alaska -
2011 Expedition Part 1 - Fairbanks to Eureka Station - Reports and updates from Art Mortvedt and the Polar Pumpkin on the journey from Alaska to the North Pole.
2011 Expedition Part 2 - Eureka Station to Illinois - Art's adventure continues as he and the Polar Pumpkin return from their 2011 expedition.
2011 Expedition Part 1 - Fairbanks to Eureka Station - Reports and updates from Art Mortvedt and the Polar Pumpkin on the journey from Alaska to the North Pole.
2011 Expedition Part 2 - Eureka Station to Illinois - Art's adventure continues as he and the Polar Pumpkin return from their 2011 expedition.
**Updated Alaska Reports, and other Polar Flight 90 dispatches, will be provided from time to time over the summer, fall, and winter - as preparations continue for an estimated Polar Pumpkin takeoff date, to the Geographic North Pole, of April 1, 2012. Welcome on board Polar Flight 90, 2012!
... And Home Again. Read the Polar Pumpkin's Flight Log from Illinois to Alaska, now online.
Expedition 2011 map is now online and up to date, from the April start to the return flight home,
Read Art's Latest Alaska Report from January 29, 2012 inside...
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About Polar Flight 90
What:
- Solo flight to the Geographic North Pole in Cessna 185 N90SN - North 90 South to North.
Who:
- Art Mortvedt, Alaskan Bush Pilot, with 5,000 hours flight experience, 20+ expeditions to Antarctica, and 6 seasons of scientific logistics in the North Polar ice pack.
Where:
- From Alaska, through the Canadian Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territory, and the province of Nunavut to the North Pole & return.
Why:
- To demonstrate the applicability, practicality, and economy of ski equipped single engine aircraft to Polar Science.
- To land the same Cessna 185, N90SN, at both Poles (South Pole Nov. 22, 1999).
- To honor the historical contributions of single engine aircraft to Polar Science.
- To determine and document effects of Global Warming and Climate Change.
- To clarify the critical importance of Polar Regions to science and the health of our planet.
When:
- April, 2012