Ottawa airport, on the way to Resolute
The Arctic! brrrrrrrr!
Taking off from Iqaluit!
Yet another fuel stop on the way to Resolute
Good name for a random place near the North Pole
Inuit!!!!
Resolute Bay. Terminal 1.
Evans prepares for robbing banks!
Learning how to break the equipment!
Geoff, our Arctic guru passing on some of his knowledge!
Em & John on training with Resolute in the background
Evans getting used to the -40 degrees!
Checkpoint 1 at Polaris Mine...
The plane coming in the checkpoint team
Al, taking some time to do some sledging at checkpoint 2
Em, appreciating the toilet facilities at checkpoint 2!
Checkpoint 2’s camp!
The big man enjoying life at the checkpoint!
Al, relaxing in a checkpoint...
Clambering through rubble was a bitch!
Em showing just how hard it was to get through the rubble!
The team coming into checkpoint 3
Crossing the line at checkpoint 3....
Just got into checkpoint 3
Checkpoint 3 toilet....a joy to behold!
Rob on the sat phone
The big man on his ski’s
Em, looking green, and ice covered!
killing the miles...
The atmosphere gave the sun some interesting effects!
The team taking another break...
Decent ice....hard to come by!
More amazing shots of the landscape!
Er, frost damage to the face!?
The view from the plane on the flight back from the Pole
The tent got pretty crowded at times!
Al & Em enjoying the ice!
Al doing his thing for the sponsors!
The obligatory reflective goggle shot!
Bear prints, & a size 10 boot! Scary!
Al with the usual ice in the beard!
The day bag - the food of champions!
More crazy ice formations!
Em & Al taking a break!
Al spreading himself out in the tent!
John looking remarkable chipper!
A TRUE polar horizon at last!
Polar bears obviously DO attack in pairs!!! VERY scary!
One pulk, having been seen too by a polar bear!
Er, one sock savaged by a polar bear!!!
The carnage left after the bear attack!
Em, once again, cramming himself into the tent!
John & Em in a Polar Horizon!
Al, calling in at 1.12am on May 2nd! AT THE POLE!!
The girls...
Team Refuge...the winners...
The North Pole....
The team at the North Pole!
Evans sporting decent beard growth!
Top Gear at the Pole?!...a bizzare situation!
The Top Gear collective!
The tent after a storm!
The Polar Race collective camped on the North Pole!
The team with the pilot who crashed at the pole!
The big man at the Pole!
All a bit too much for the big man!
The pilot’s paid NO respect to height restrictions!
The first crashed plane, with the 2nd in the background!
Standing on the top of the Earth!
Al, before the month of Weight Watchers!!!
A thin Henney...2 stone lost!
Em, erm, looking skinny beforehand!
A thin Evans...half a stone lost!
The big man...erm, living up to his name!!
A thin(er) Barker....2 stone lost!
The Polar Race ‘07
2 years of preparation. Hundreds, if not a thousand miles of training. This is the result.
We departed for Canada on April 1st 2007. The race saw the team cover 337 miles in a time of 15 days, 3 hours, 32 minutes, & 24 seconds, only 6 hours, 55 minutes, & 31 seconds behind the leaders. This was quite possibly the most amazing experience that the team had ever faced. Grueling miles of traveling through ice rubble, polar bear attacks, and incredible temperatures. Here are a few of the top photo’s that we got whilst we were out there.