north pole expedition: skydiving into the top of the world
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There are many ways to get to the North Pole: You may go by dog sled in April, by ice breaker in August, you can even cross-country ski. Don’t try it in winter—when it is dark up there. Savvy people fly. In fact, of the few people who have made it to the North Pole, most went by air. There is no airport at the North Pole. The polar ice cap is more than 1,000 miles across in winter. The North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean. It freezes over to 6-18 feet thick. The water under the ice is 14,000 feet deep. In April, the ice is still firm and the sun is always shining. The ice begins to compress and expand (break up) in late April. During this expedition, the sun was at 16 degrees above the horizon; it circled around and never set. The North Pole is as dry as a desert; nothing lives there. Dan Poynter is past president of the Parachute Industry Association, past chairman of the Board of the U.S. Parachute Association and past president of the International Hang Gliding Commission. He has written more than 120 books; seven on parachutes and skydiving. A pilot, skydiver and master parachute rigger, this Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) is a frequent speaker at aviation and other events.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Skydive into the Top of the World with Dan Poynter 2012
2. Where is the North Pole?ParaPub.com 3. No Land. Just Ice.ParaPub.com 4. Magnetic NorthParaPub.com 5. Why Go to the North Pole? Everyoneknows where it is. Few have been there. Arctic is one of the last great frontiers.ParaPub.com 6. Who Has Gone There?Robert PearyMatthew HensonParaPub.com 7. 1958: Nautilus & SkateParaPub.com 8. Welcoming CommitteeParaPub.com 9. When Can You Go There? WinterSummerParaPub.com 10. Sun Does not Rise or SetParaPub.com 11. Northern Outfitters SuitParaPub.com 12. Rigging InnovationsParaPub.com 13. ChatangaParaPub.com 14. Bill BoothParaPub.com 15. MoscowParaPub.com 16. Ilyushin 76ParaPub.com 17. Navigators CockpitParaPub.com 18. Open TailgateParaPub.com 19. ChatangaParaPub.com 20. ChatangaParaPub.com 21. Chatanga AirportParaPub.com 22. ParaPub.com 23. ParaPub.com 24. ParaPub.com 25. Our New Siberian FriendsParaPub.com 26. ParaPub.com 27. Reindeer HerdParaPub.com 28. Back to ChatangaParaPub.com 29. North Pole BriefingParaPub.com 30. Loading upParaPub.com 31. Inside the IL-76 ParaPub.com 32. The Ride UpParaPub.com 33. Equipment Not Tied DownParaPub.com 34. Flight BriefingParaPub.com 35. Bring Your Own ToiletParaPub.com 36. Chuting UpParaPub.com 37. ParaPub.com 38. Exit, Exit, Exit ParaPub.com 39. Emptying the IL-76ParaPub.com 40. Tandem OpeningParaPub.com 41. Tandem Jump--DecendingParaPub.com 42. Smoke Shows Wind Direction & SpeedParaPub.com 43. Tandem Nears DZParaPub.com 44. ParaPub.com 45. ParaPub.com 46. Patrick with Snow BoardParaPub.com 47. Russian JumperParaPub.com 48. More JumpingParaPub.com 49. ParaPub.com 50. Rough TerrainParaPub.com 51. ParaPub.com 52. Climbing UpParaPub.com 53. Jumping OffParaPub.com 54. ParaPub.com 55. Ice CaveParaPub.com 56. Snow Windblown & RefrozenParaPub.com 57. Strange FormationsParaPub.com 58. Posing for PhotosParaPub.com 59. Hello Santa BarbaraParaPub.com 60. 10 Countries, 65 JumpersParaPub.com 61. ParaPub.com 62. ParaPub.com 63. Breaking Through the IceParaPub.com 64. Inside the IglooParaPub.com 65. Santa Was There ParaPub.com 66. Santa Claus, California.ParaPub.com 67. We Found Elvis TooParaPub.com 68. The Ice MovesParaPub.com 69. Twin Otter Flew in from CanadaParaPub.com 70. Preparing to LeaveParaPub.com 71. From Inside the HelicopterParaPub.com 72. ParaPub.com 73. Inside the AN-26ParaPub.com 74. Certificate of the EventParaPub.com 75. Commemorative Envelope with StampsParaPub.com 76. ParaPub.com 77. My name is Dan Poynter and May all your expeditions be successful ParaPub.com 78. ParaPub.com 79. Introducing . . .Dan Poynter ParaPub.com