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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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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:40:47 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[They have passed their first ices]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/they_have_passed_their_first_ices/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Borge Ousland and his two shipmates have just successfully negotiated their first crossing of ice-barrier. Everything was on their side: a good meteorologist, good glaciologists and an excellent trimaran!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:04:17 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Where Ancestors Have Gone Before]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/where_ancestors_have_gone_before/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Borge and his two shipmates have just crossed 90 degrees longitude East.They&rsquo;re sailing along the Tamir coast and are going to encounter places that some of their famous predecessors have made legendary.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robert F. Scott&#8217;s Centenary]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/robert_f._scotts_centenary/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This summer, there is worldwide celebration of the centenary of the departure from the Welsh port of Cardiff -on 15 June 1910- of the `Terra Nova Expedition'&nbsp; led by the famous English explorer, Robert Falcon Scott, who went to the Antarctic with the objective of being the first person to get to the South Pole.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:35:51 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First encounter with ice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/first_encounter_with_ice/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After going through the Strait of Yugorsky and leaving Europe behind them, the three sailors are now sailing on the open Kara Sea. They have just encountered their first pack ice debris. Everything on board is OK.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:07:20 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The adventure has started]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/The_adventure_has_started/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After a brief week of administrative delay in the first Russian port, Murmansk, the three navigators have taken to the sea in order to head east. The great adventure has started&hellip;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:44:17 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Assessment of the Adventure]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/Assessment_of_the_Adventure/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Robinsons-on-Ice have had to face reality: their idea of letting themselves drift on an ice floe long enough to note the melting of the pack ice with their very own eyes was not entirely achievable. Here, to bring the adventure to an end, is a rapid assessment of their experiment.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:43:37 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[At the Heart of Chaos]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/At_the_Heart_of_Chaos/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Robinsons-on-Ice no longer know which saint to venerate. All the pack ice is breaking up before their very eyes. They&rsquo;re still however looking for an ice floe that&rsquo;s big enough for them to live on for a while.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:48:43 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Heading East]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/Heading_East/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After a technical halt of a few days in order to put the finishing touches to the preparations, Borge Ousland and his crew have set out again towards the great North-East Passage adventure.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:16:55 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bye Bye Greenland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/bye_bye_greenland/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The final two expeditions that were still out on the Greenland icecap have now returned home. See you all next year for more crossings.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:06:48 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Great Adventure Dawns]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/The_Great_Adventure_Dawns/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Borge Ousland has finished with his coastal tourism along the west coast of Norway. He&rsquo;s preparing these days to plunge into the great adventure and the great veer towards the east&hellip;]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:12:56 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blocked on the Pack Ice]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/Blocked_on_the_Pack_Ice/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The four Robinsons-on-Ice have finally packed up and left Tassilaq in their kayaks. But for the moment the overly tight pack ice is keeping them within the Tassilaq basin.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:46:14 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homage On The Way]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/homage_on_the_way/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On his journey north, Borge and his two shipmates have made a stopover  in the famous Port of Troms&oslash;. A question of making some repairs to the  trimaran and of paying homage to some celebrities who were lost at sea.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:01:57 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Robinsons Are Waiting]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/the_robinsons_are_waiting/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After a few weeks of radio silence, the people who will be trying to  remain a while on a bit of pack ice have reappeared. They were training  in Greenland's coastal waters.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:26:56 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Some Pleasant Coastal Shipping]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/some_pleasant_coastal_shipping/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Borge Ousland left Oslo on 23 June to undertake his great adventure of circumnavigating the Arctic pack ice (or what's left of it during the summer). For the moment, he's doing some coastal shipping along the west coast of Norway. And everything on board is OK.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:01:13 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[While some have now finished their journey, others are still on their way&#8230;]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/while_some_have_now_finished_their_journey_others_are_still_on_their_way/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[S&eacute;bastien Copeland and Eric McNair have now reached Quaanaaq on schedule. Meanwhile, Toni Vaartimo and Vesa Luomala are still a long way from completing their long crossing.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:00:56 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A major exhibition and an interesting question]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/a_major_exhibition_and_an_interesting_question/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Traditionally speaking, not many polar expeditions take place during the summer months. But this year, in July and August, Explorapoles will be tracking the exploits of Borge Ousland as he circumnavigates the pole. And from time to time we'll also have some nice little snippets of news like the ones we're publishing today. For lovers of the poles, of course.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:00:31 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Borge and Thorleif ready to cast off]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/borge_and_thorleif_ready_to_cast_off/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We've just received confirmation: Borge Ousland's Northern Passage - 2010 expedition will in fact be taking place.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:00:11 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arrived On&#45;site]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/arrived_on-site/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The four "shipwreck volunteers", who want to let themselves drift on a bit of pack ice, have arrived on-site at Tassilaq, East Greenland. But the conditions are far from ideal.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:00:06 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Only Two Expeditions Left In Theatre]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/only_two_expeditions_left_in_theatre/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two Greenland-based expeditions are still fencing with the wind in order to finish their adventures. The four Norwegians have already gone home.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:00:01 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Discovering the High Arctic]]></title>
			<link>http://www.explorapoles.org/news/detail/discovering_the_high_arctic/</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The peak season of expeditions on the pack ice now being over, we are taking the liberty of departing from the context of pure adventure to share something with you that is close to our hearts. Richard Weber's Arctic Watch Lodge.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:00:01 +0200</pubDate>
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