Article: The Last Great Adventure; The explorer who's planning to touch down on the North Pole - in a hot-air balloon.

Article: Race against time for balloonist ; Weather threat to North ...
Evening Mail;  May 24, 2000 ;     546 words ... ... over 1,000 miles to the North Pole by balloon. The Britannic Challenge, which will be guided ... degrees and heading for the North Pole.' Mr Hempleman-Adams ... for communication, the Britannic Challenge will be linked to a control ...

Article: Race against time for balloonist; Weather threat to North ...
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 24, 2000 ;     578 words ... ... over 1,000 miles to the North Pole by balloon. The Britannic Challenge, which will be guided ... degrees and heading for the North Pole.' Mr Hempleman-Adams ... for communication, the Britannic Challenge will be linked to a control ...

Article: Solo balloonist within reach of the North Pole
Evening Standard - London;  May 31, 2000 ;     435 words ... ... goal, the North Pole. He was less ... progress, his Britannic Challenge team said at ... the world," Britannic Challenge flight Director ... effort." The Britannic Challenge team hope he will cross the North Pole in the next ...

Article: The ice man is down; Incredible story of the first man in the ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  June 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... flown his balloon, Britannic Challenge, more than 1,600 miles to the North Pole - but then the maelstrom ... ordinators at the Britannic Challenge control room in Wythall ... extraordinary flight to the North Pole and back, what lay ...

Article: The Last Great Adventure ; The explorer who's planning to touch ...
Evening Mail;  February 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Centigrade to the North Pole. Now, the ... ever seen. The Britannic Challenge represents one ... Norway to the North Pole. "This was ... I can to the North Pole. "But ultimately ... planet, the Britannic Challenge is being masterminded ...

Article: Off to the North Pole - via Wythall.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 29, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... aims to fly over the North Pole within the next three ... coordinator for the Britannic Challenge, said: 'David was ... a balloon over the North Pole. 'To begin with he ... a balloon over the North Pole because it was the ...

Article: Brave and bold, but above all BRITISH; AS ONE OF OUR ADVENTURERS ...
The Mirror (London, England);  May 31, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... spirit of adventure is alive and sailing gloriously over the North Pole. British explorer David Hempleman-Adams is the first ... will gaze down from the wicker basket slung below his craft Britannic Challenge on the very top of the world. His feats add another chapter ...