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Article: Treacherous travels: will two hardy adventurers survive a journey across the Arctic Ocean?(Earth Polar Regions)
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- Science World
- Article date:
- January 3, 2005
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Later this spring, two former teachers, the American Ann Bancroft, 49, and Norwegian Liv Arnesen, 51, will try to make history. They plan to brave energy-sapping cold, shifting ice, and meat-eating polar bears to become the first women to successfully cross the Arctic Ocean--mostly on foot!
Unlike most ocean crossings, which require a boat, the duo's 1,996 kilometer (1,240 mile) trek will demand skis, dry suits (suits that seal out water, and trap in air to keep a person from losing heat), and special sails. That's because the Arctic Ocean--though occasionally dotted with pockets of open water--is covered year-round by a cap of ice several meters thick.
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