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| | NorthPole |
 | | Characterized by cold temperatures, as low as -45°C, high winds which often produce low visibility and very high wind-chill, and the major obstacles created by the shifting sea ice - pressure ridges, open water and counter drift - the challenge is one which continues to test even the most seasoned explorers. |
 | | The successful McVitie's Penguin Polar Relay (1997), organized by The Polar Travel Co, demonstrated that with effective selection, physical training, polar instruction, and a strategic re-supply schedule, people from all walks of life, without prior polar experience, may be able to meet such a challenge. |
 | | With the Pole almost in sight, the last 100 kilometers may prove the longest if the frozen, but ever mobile, surface sea ice develops a counter drift (southwards). |
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