Trip Report: Camp Barneo at the North Pole
Apr 27, 2014, 10:19 am
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Trip Report: Camp Barneo at the North Pole
Didn't find any other threads about the North Pole here, so hope that posting under "(Ant)arctica" is the most appropriate place.
The Russian Camp Barneo is erected every year for one month on the drifting ice near the North Pole, for scientists, explorers and tourists. This visit was certainly among the Top 3 Trips in my life.
Take off from Spitsbergen, Norway on an Antonov AN-74 "Arctic" airplane, nicknamed "Cheburashka" (a comic figure with large ears) ...
... with 32 passengers max
On the flight deck with 4 pilots and navigators, plus one flight engineer and one steward (drinks only during the 2.5 hrs flight)
Landing on the ice runway at Barneo, 89°12.562’ N (today's drift position: 87 km from the North Pole)
Ice Camp Barneo
Foto opportunity at the Camp at -30°C to -40°C
30 min helicopter ride on a 25-seater MI-8T Russian helicopter ...
... to 90°N 00" 00'
7summits2poles Explorer Horacio Galanti at the North Pole
Certificate from the Russian Geographic Society
More in my blog ...
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The Russian Camp Barneo is erected every year for one month on the drifting ice near the North Pole, for scientists, explorers and tourists. This visit was certainly among the Top 3 Trips in my life.
Take off from Spitsbergen, Norway on an Antonov AN-74 "Arctic" airplane, nicknamed "Cheburashka" (a comic figure with large ears) ...
... with 32 passengers max
On the flight deck with 4 pilots and navigators, plus one flight engineer and one steward (drinks only during the 2.5 hrs flight)
Landing on the ice runway at Barneo, 89°12.562’ N (today's drift position: 87 km from the North Pole)
Ice Camp Barneo
Foto opportunity at the Camp at -30°C to -40°C
30 min helicopter ride on a 25-seater MI-8T Russian helicopter ...
... to 90°N 00" 00'
7summits2poles Explorer Horacio Galanti at the North Pole
Certificate from the Russian Geographic Society
More in my blog ...
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Apr 27, 2014, 12:07 pm
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Temperature was around -30°C (-22°F). Lowest was -41°C (-42°F), plus a wind chill factor.
Spent two nights there. Cost is between € 18.000 (by helicopter to the Pole) and € 50.000 (dogsled or walking to the Pole), depending on how long you stay and what you do.
Spent two nights there. Cost is between € 18.000 (by helicopter to the Pole) and € 50.000 (dogsled or walking to the Pole), depending on how long you stay and what you do.
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Hopefully there wasn't much of a windchill factor, but I expect there was.http://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/201...ca-and-alaska/
Very cool trip report.
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Apr 30, 2014, 8:30 pm
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The temperature in the tent is ok. Near the heater it's about 16°C, towards the door it"s 12°C. The sleeping bags are excellent. What makes sleeping more difficult is the light, since in April the sun never sets.
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That's almost do-able. I've been out playing in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan (the UP) in nearly that temperature range if factoring in wind chill. Not totally comfortable but manageable for some minutes. Hopefully there wasn't much of a windchill factor, but I expect there was.
http://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/201...ca-and-alaska/
Very cool trip report.
Hopefully there wasn't much of a windchill factor, but I expect there was.http://blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/201...ca-and-alaska/
Very cool trip report.
With good clothing, the temperature is no problem at all. But I was there to run the North Pole Marathon. Then the problem is the sweating & breathing ... which in turn freezes to ice. Had to change mid-layer clothes several times.
Wind chill was ok, maybe another -5°C.
My personal temperature record was -62°C (-80°F) at the "Pole of Cold" in Oymyakon, Siberia. That road trip was REALLY cold
Since that trip, I look for cold experiences ...
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Antarctica and the North Pole are, er, Poles apart. As this is a Trip Report and of greater interest to the community, moving to Trip Reports forum and a suggestion to Admin for TalkMail mention.
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I can highly recommend it.
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he probably is. But the whole crew was very friendly.They are much more used to the cold and will stand in line at the outside morning toilet in their pyjamas, while I was shivering in my ECWS polar clothing ...
