Michael Mitten is an entrepreneur, inspirational speaker, business coach and mentor from Newcastle upon Tyne. Inspired by his Dad's life sadly lost to lung cancer in 2007 and the amazing people at Macmillan Cancer Support who were there throughout, Michael decided to do something extraordinary to make sure this fantastic charity continues to make a difference to the lives of cancer patients.
In April 2009 Michael reached the Geographic North Pole on foot. He now works to inspire other ordinary people to do extraordinary things through his inspirational talks, philanthropic activity and one to one coaching.
- US waypoints far on the horizon - Dense fog (black sky) avoid travelling toward these - Climb the highest ice ridge before departure or scout the evening before - Avoid leads and high pressure ridges - Shadow-left to right during the day (opposite at South Pole) @12 noon the shadow will point to the North pole - Pack ice - This is old ice, floating ice formed by frozen seawater - Fast ice - solid pack ice - Ice flow - flat chunk of pack ice (pan) - Pressure ridge - where ice comes together and forms large ridges (up to 20ft high!) - Black ice - dangerous, thin - Frozen ice - white in colour - 3 poke rule with ski pole - GPS - Wind - wind sock - Compass - deviation - Coldest temperature recorded -68°C - Salt water freezes at -1.8°C - April can be warm and wet -5°C - Drift - Full moon affects drift. Tends to be more open water, high tide, rising water... breaking ice - Camp on thick ice (old ice)
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