If you've been following the links from last week's 'Project Thin Ice' posting, you will know that Eric and Lonnie reached the North Pole yesterday at noon. Their blog for yesterday makes interesting reading - especially the description of their encounter with a polar bear. ..."Yesterday, we were searching for meaning and not finding it. This morning it walked within 60 inches of us. We find it difficult to not draw a deep significance from this encounter. Sure it was just a polar bear doing what polar bears do: living and hunting on sea ice. Maybe it caught our scent from far off and was just curious. Maybe it was looking to assert dominion over its particular range. Maybe it was looking for an easy meal. But may, just maybe, it was a messenger from the rest of its race sent to remind us the fate of the polar bear lies in all our hands."
Spare the explorers a thought now as they face a trek back across ever thinning ice to their expected landfall in Greenland in two months time. You can link to their position at any time by clicking here.
