EXPEDITION NEWS is a monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online and by mail to media representatives, corporate sponsors, educators, research librarians, explorers, environmentalists and outdoor enthusiasts. This forum on exploration covers projects that stimulate, motivate and educate.
Here are Highlights of our July 1997 issue. Please contact us for a free sample issue of the complete, printed version of the newsletter.
EXPEDITION UPDATE
Tested Positive Team Summits McKinley
A team of four cancer survivors, ages 27
to 41, reached the summit of Mt. McKinley on June 25.
British Explorers Trek From Russia to North Pole
Two British explorers - Dr. Stephen Martin, 41, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire,
and David Mitchell, 34, of Wasdale, Cumbria, battled three months of cracking
ice and temperatures of minus 50 degrees F. to become the first British
expedition to complete an unsupported walk to the North Pole (See EN, September
1996).
Free At Last
The Japanese/New Zealand North Pole Polar Free team arrived at their top-of-the-world
destination on May 31, just 90 days after departing from Ward Hunt Island,
NWT (See EN, December 1996).
Japanese Man is First to Solo Across Arctic Ocean
Japanese adventurer Mitsuro Oba, 44, completed the world's first solo crossing
of the frozen Arctic Sea.
EXPEDITION NOTES
Eight Win AAC Mountaineering Fellowship Fund Grants - Eight young American climbers are one step closer to achieving their objectives thanks to Mountaineering Fellowship Fund Grants awarded recently by the American Alpine Club (AAC).
MEDIA MATTERS
Everest Backlash - New evidence appeared last month
that people are tiring of the continuing controversy surrounding guides
who take relatively unskilled clients to the top of what is arguably an
unguidable mountain. In a scathing illustration, political cartoonist Pat
Oliphant pointed his poison pen away from Washington towards the Himalayas.
He drew a tour bus climbing the side of Everest, with crowds of tourists
already on the summit, one eating an ice cream cone in his plaid shorts,
another enjoying the sights while supported by a cane. In a corner of Oliphant's
nationally-syndicated feature, a cartoon character asks Sir Edmund Hillary
why he doesn't climb Everest anymore. His reply: "Because they're there."
Explorers Club Launches Web Site - The Explorers Club, the prestigious professional
society based in New York, has launched its official Web site at www.explorers.org.
IN PASSING
Veteran French oceanographer and prizewinning filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau,
who revealed mysteries of the ocean that seemed more fantastic than science
fiction and fought to protect the environment, died June 25 at the age of
87.
EXPEDITION CLASSIFIEDS
Zegrahm Expeditions - Offers small group travel to unusual destinations
in the company of the world's leading experts. Destinations include: Antarctica,
South Georgia and The Falklands; Antarctica The Far Side, including Kerguelen
Islands, Crozet Islands, and Heard Island; Seychelles, Madagascar, Comoros
and Zanzibar; Australia's Kimberley; the first-ever circumnavigation of
Baffin Island; Aleutian Islands, Kuril Islands, and Kamchatka Peninsula;
snorkel and diving expeditions to Palau and Yap; and many more. Look for
an announcement in the fall of 1997 regarding our VOYAGES TO SPACE. Address:
1414 Dexter Avenue N #327, Seattle WA 98109; Phone: 800-628-8747; Fax: 206-285-5037;
E-mail: zoe@zeco.com;
Web site: www.zeco.com.
To be put on an interest list for our Space Voyages, call 1-888-SPACE66
or access www.spacevoyages.com.
Weber Malakhov Expeditions - Weber and Malakhov are the only people
to have skied to the North Pole and back completely unsupported. They offer
advice, planning, training and outfitting. Contact them for unique Arctic
adventures in small groups both summer and winter via skiing, hiking, mountain
biking and sea kayaking. 819-827-4732; iceweber@aol.com
Adventurous Traveler Bookstore - The world's most complete source
of outdoor travel books, maps, videos and CD-ROM's. Over 5,000 titles for
climbing, hiking, biking, kayaking and more in stock and ready to ship!
See us on the Web at www.adventuroustraveler.com or call 800-282-3963 for a free 48-page catalog!
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