How do you describe a two-week ski expedition that involves a 10-hour, 150-mile snowmobile approach, climbing and descending giant, virgin couloirs in pink light from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., in front of Warren Miller cameras, on a Norwegian island 500 miles south of the North Pole, where polar bears are...

After a long day Jack and I are back in Longyearbyen, Norway. We had a long day as Jack and I were airlifted in a MI8 helicopter the last 14 miles to the Geographic North Pole. Then we were quickly put on the AN74 aircraft and flown back to Longyearbyen. Jack had developed a bronchial chest infection...

Doug and Jack continued pulling their sleds to the pole today. Still battling southward drifting ice, they managed to hike 9 miles, for about 7 miles of net gain, accounting for the counterproductive drift. Listen to the dispatch here:

After being delayed for a few days due to weather, Doug & Jack are off and have started skiing toward the pole. The two arrived at Barneo camp around midday, and got in about 5 hours of skiing before setting up camp at 8 pm. The next day they got in a full day of skiing and made up about 11 miles...

  Doug & Dennis in front of the glacier at Tempelfjord Greetings from Longyearbyen, Norway. I appreciate all of your good wishes and messages of support.  I wanted to let you know that after careful deliberation, I have decided to discontinue my journey to the North Pole. The current conditions...

by Robert Frohlich “Every man has his White South.” - Ernest Shackleton [Cape Horn, Drake Passage  60 degrees S/60 degrees W] The Antarctic Peninsula is home to the continent’s greatest wildlife diversity within some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet. However, one mammal...

by Robert Frohlich [Aitcho Islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica 62.22' degrees S/59.47' degrees west]: On a perfect day the cold atmosphere is clearer than glass and the distant vistas lie within a lively imagination’s immediate grasp. From the bridge looking north to northwest the glaciers...

Thanks to our friend Keoki Flagg (© 2009) for all these great photos! Next...

Thanks to our friend Keoki Flagg (© 2009) for all these great photos! jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery("#gallery-52aad7fc...

Thanks to our friend Keoki Flagg (© 2009) for all these great photos! jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery("#gallery-b70cab72...