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May
25
2007
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7:06am Ski Greenland: Postcard From The Icecap

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A postcard arrived for me today from the Greenland Icecap! Thanks to Matt & Mustard for my first from the Arctic Circle! I had been looking after their Expedition Website for Ski Greenland. -Robin- [...] Read More »

May
17
2007
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11:51pm First unsupported North Pole on a Segway?

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Who’ll be the first to make it to the North Pole on a Segway? Ok, granted you’ll need some whopping solar panels to re-charge, but it’s becoming a reality! Segway have launched an Offroad/Adventure Transporter version of their popular San Francisco sc[...] Read More »

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11:03pm Greenland Expedition: They Made It!!

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - They made it! Matt & Mustard have just blogged their arrival live on the west coast of the Greenland Ice-Cap! That was 27 days unsupported. Very nice achievement. DAY 27 67.09.173 50.03.101 WE MADE IT!! WE ARE ALL OUT OF ICE CAP AFTER 548.8KM & ON HARD GROUND[...] Read More »

May
14
2007
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10:50pm Expedition: Ski Greenland Update

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - I’ve been running the expedition web comms for Ski Greenland over the past month. Part of this has been to plot their tent position every night on a Google map, and to forward on all the comments on the blog to their sat phone. I’m working on something to a[...] Read More »

Apr
10
2007
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10:22am World’s Coolest Marathon Won by Thomas Maguire

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Breaking news from Ireland.com that Thomas Maguire from Fermanagh has won the world’s coolest marathon in a time of 3 hours 36 minutes, 7 minutes ahead of his nearest competitor. More than 40 runners took part from 22 countries but Thomas led all the way. Jus[...] Read More »

Feb
28
2007
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4:29pm Special Feature: Greenland Icecap Ski Expedition

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - Two mountaineering friends that Darran & myself worked with at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) in Switzerland are planning to ski 570km unsupported across Greenland in an effort to raise funds to help Scouts rebuild Southern Lebanon and to celebrate 1[...] Read More »

Dec
30
2006
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6:11pm Ice shelves are not as sexy as polar bears.

DUBLIN (Geared Up Blog) - A satellite image from NASA shows the Ayles Ice Shelf (center) breaking off Canada’s Ellesmere Island in the Arctic on August 13, 2005. The National Geographic have announced today that the whole floating island only 800km from the North Pole has disintegrated. ̶[...] Read More »

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