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		<description>The ExploraPoles website provides an overview of polar expeditions and explorers. We hope that, through adventure, one can discover these fabulous regions and their importance for our planet's climate system.</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interview: Ranulph Fiennes plans historic Antarctic winter crossing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/interview_ranulph_fiennes_plans_historic_antarctic_winter_crossing</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As the first person to visit both the North and South Poles by surface means, as well as the first to cross Antarctica on foot, British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is no stranger to setting new world records.

Soon to turn 69, Sir Ranulph is currently on an expedition to accomplish a another world first: he and the rest of his six-member team will spend six months crossing the entire continent during the austral winter.&nbsp;

Dubbed The Coldest Journey, this expedition will be the first attempt at crossing the entire continent of Antarctica during the winter, when there is no sunlight and average temperatures can drop to -70&deg;C or lower in the continent&#39;s interior. As winter conditions make it logistically impossible to give any assistance by plane, Sir Ranulph and his team will be entirely on their own as they make the nearly 4,000 km journey across the ice sheet.

Before leaving on his journey across the continent, Sir Ranulph agreed to answer a few questions about his upcoming adventure.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First mission : Depot on  the plateau (Coldest Journey)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/first_mission_depot_on_the_plateau_coldest_journey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before the real start of the expedition (21 March), the team has an important mission : to leave with all the vehicles and the material towards the Antarctic plateau in order to make a fuel deposit far from the coast.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:24:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Latest from Fiennes&#8217; Coldest Journey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/latest_from_fiennes_coldest_journey</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fiennes' important expedition is almost ready to start. The ship SA Agulhas with tons of material on board arrived at Crown Bay on 21 January.&nbsp; On 30 January, they were almost finished with the unloading of all the expedition's material and more than 400 drums of fuel.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:08:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Subglacial lake Ellsworth : Mission called off for this season]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/Subglacial_lake_Ellsworth_Mission_called_off_for_this_season</link>
			<description><![CDATA[According to the british researchers in charge of the project "Subglacial Lake Ellsworth", circumstances have not worked out as     they would have wished ; therefore they took the decision to stop the drilling. For the time being.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:04:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Linsdau : abandon at the SP]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/lindsau_abandon_at_the_sp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This young San Diego resident, Aaron Linsdau (38), wanted to become the first American to complete, solo and without any means of assistances (no kites), the classical Hercules Inlet -&gt; South Pole trek - 1 450 miles trip.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:51:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Richard Parks : dream is over]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/richard_parks_dream_is_over</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On 25 January, after having walked solo 974 kils out of the total distance of 1 200 kils that exists between Hercules Inlet and the SP, Briton R. Parks has announced that he had to abandon his South Pole Ski expedition. One of the most difficult decisions he had to make. All polar explorers agree on this setback]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:35:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dark Ice Project : Hibbert and Miles abandon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/dark_ice_project_hibbert_and_miles_abandon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bad luck for the british pair: after not even a week of progression on the Greenland seaice along the west coast, Justin Miles became seriously ill. In order not to put his life in danger, the decision had to be taken: return asap to Quaanaaq and cancel all further operations.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:08:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Parks : on his way to the plateau]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/parks_on_his_way_to_the_plateau</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Richard Parks has begun his trek Hercules Inlet - South Pole on 18 December. The climbing out of Hercules Inlet was rather tough, according to Richard's blog.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:13:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fienne&#8217;s Coldest Journey : Sailing towards Cape Town]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/fiennes_coldest_journey_sailing_towards_cape_town</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Although the team is not on the spot yet, 'The Coldest Journey' has already begun with the transportation on board SA Agulhas of all the expedition material to Antarctica.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:54:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Testing is an important step (Fiennes)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/testing_is_an_important_step</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One seldom speaks about the preparation of the polar expeditions. Nevertheless these long years dedicated to the finalising of the material are of the highest importance for the success of the project. Here, the testing of The Coldest Journey' material.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:13:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Baffin Babes : Back from Paradise]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/back_from_paradise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The three Baffin Babes, Kristin Folsland, Olsen Emma Simmonsson and Vera Simmonsson are now back from South Georgia.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:31:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arctic Return: A true adventure]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/a_true_adventure</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Arctic Return expedition is a quite important one, because first, Audun Tholfsen and Timo Palo reached the Svalbard archipelago from North Pole, and second because they have drawn an itinerary that famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen could have taken if he had not been forced to abandon his trek to the North Pole.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:09:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Polar Explorers: How do they dress themselves ?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/how_do_they_dress_themselves</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We have seldom the opportunity to analyse in detail how all these polar adventurers/explorers dress themselves for their long trek on the ice. This time Fiennes' website has published a quite interesting article about the basic clothing of such an expedition.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:03:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Babes are on the field already]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/the_babes_are_on_the_field_already</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The three Baffin Babes left the Falklands Island on 14 October. They touched South Georgia four days later, after having vomited two days in a row.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:14:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Few people, many challenges]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/few_people_many_challenges</link>
			<description><![CDATA[With so many people being at the South Pole (SP) last year for the Centenary,&nbsp;we could expect to see much fewer people trying to reach it this coming season. Indeed they are few expeditions going to the Antarctic this winter (austral summer). Nevertheless, some of them are quite fascinating.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:10:48 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Antarctic expeditions coming soon]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/antarctic_expeditions_coming_soon</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear polar followers, for the present time we are preparing the antarctic season and its related expeditions.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:07:05 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ranulph Fiennes visits ExploraPoles HQ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/ranulph_fiennes_visits_explorapoles_hq</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Legendary polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes dropped by the ExploraPoles HQ today, to meet up with our own Alain Hubert. Sr Ranulph is currently preparing for a major polar challenge:&nbsp;The Coldest Journey on Earth, which will see him and five companions&nbsp;attempt to cross Antarctica in winter.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:16:17 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Better guides, better guiding]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/better_guides_better_guiding</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The International Polar Guides Association (IPGA) has just been launched by professional polar guides. Its mission is to facilitate the development and preservation of high quality professional guiding in polar ice environments.&nbsp;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:34:15 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[20 days on the Arctic ice pack]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/20_jours_sur_la_banquise</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Having been dropped on 4 April at the North Pole, the two frenchmen came back on land on 24 April. According to the protagonists, the scientific programm has been unfolded as planned.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:38:55 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Finally dropped at the North Pole]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/finally_dropped_at_the_north_pole</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Alan Le Tressoler and Julien Gabon had to wait fourteen days in Longyearbyen before flying to the Pole. On Wednesday 4 April, the landing strip the Russian were preparing at NP was finally ready and the russian plane Antonov could leave the Svalbard.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:32:05 +0200</pubDate>
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