
This expedition was arranged by Robert Russell and his
very Charming wife Ari, of Global expedition. I went from New York to London
to Oslo to Longyearbyen in Svalbard. We stayed at SAS Radission - northernmost
hotel in the world. On 14th we had a delayed start at about 2 PM Oslo time
or 8 AM NYT - arrived at Camp Borneo in about 3or 4 hours. From there we
took a Russian helicopter ride to Northpole itself. We had Vodka and Champaign
at the North Pole at 90 degree North - took all the pictures we could,
stayed for about three very sunny & beautiful hours at the top of the
World. People there were: Robert Russell, the expedition leader, a father
Alan from CT and his son Kier from Chicago, Jim from Michigan, and I forgot
his name from Toronto. There were two Saudi men and one Indian girl were
waiting at Longyearbyen for the proper Russian plane and instructor-guide
for skydiving. Our plane was an Antonov operated by very friendly Russians.
A couple of days before ours some people had miserable weather and time
at the Pole. We were very lucky. Robert Russell is a great organizer. From
Longyearbyen we had snowmobile ride to a glacier in good, bad and snow-stormed
weather. It was really exhilarating

Longyearbyen in Svalbard Islands