Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow, who is leading the Catlin Arctic Survey to determine the likely meltdown date of the ice cap. The British trailblazer and his team will drag a mobile radar unit more than 1000 kilometres as they trek to the North Pole.

Hadow, a self-confessed ‘tortured soul’, has been criticised by some in the past for his so-called reckless behaviour. But his current trip, he insists, is not about exploration, but about gathering scientific data that could be crucial to our understanding of climate change.

Mary Ann hears from friends and family of this enigmatic explorer.

Click here view the interview on BBC’s iPlayer

Broadcast on: BBC Radio 4, 7:00pm Saturday 7th March 2009 Duration: 14 minutes

Available until: 7:17pm Saturday 14th March 2009

Information from the BBC News Website

A team of polar explorers has travelled to the Arctic in a bid to discover how quickly the sea-ice is melting and how long it might take for the ocean to become ice-free in summers.

Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley will be using a mobile radar unit to record an accurate measurement of ice thickness as they trek more than 1,000km to the North Pole. (more…)

by JONATHAN HORSFALL, Burton Mail

BURTON-BASED Jenrick Engineering is a sponsor of the Catlin Arctic Survey polar expedition, a pioneering scientific project of global significance.

The expedition team, being led by record-breaking UK explorer Pen Hadow, left the UK last month for two weeks of final project checks in northern Canada, before starting the rigorous 100-day survey. (more…)

The BBC covers the Catlin Arctic Team as they commence their expedition. You can read the article here and watch some excellent video footage. (more…)

Catlin Arctic Survey to help scientists with mystery of imperilled sea ice.

The Catlin Arctic Survey confirmed at 1830 hours EST (2330 hours GMT) on Saturday that its team of three British polar explorers led by Pen Hadow have begun their 1,000 kilometre trek to the North Geographic Pole. (more…)

It has just been confirmed that the Catlin Arctic Survey Ice Team of Pen Hadow, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels have delayed their planned departure onto the ice tomorrow (Friday 27th February).

Although the weather was favourable, two critically important pieces of equipment showed up as faulty in their final checks, leaving no alternative but to delay until they are repaired and confirmed to be working properly.

(more…)

Laurel Berger of  The National Geographic has just published an interview with Pen Hadow. If you have been following our articles over the last six months you may already know much of this information, however, for those who are learning about the man behind The Catlin Arctic Survey, this is well worth a read: (more…)

Latest video feature direct from the Catlin Arctic Survey base camp at Resolute Bay in the Canadian High Arctic:

BBC Video Feature of the Catlin Arctic Survey

The BBC will have regular updates from the Survey Team and we will ensure they are posted here for your convenience.

Interesting Pen Hadow feature published by Cole Moretonin of The Independent this weekend. For thos e that missed it, here is the article:

The explorer is risking his life in the Arctic again, this time for all of us. There is no other way to discover how fast the polar ice, vital to the planet, is melting. Cole Moretonin conversation with Pen Hadow. (more…)

Matthew Moore has just released this article, about Pen Hadow and The Catlin Arctic Survey, on the Telegraph online.

Explorer Pen Hadow will this week embark on his most arduous expedition, a three-month scientific mission to the North Pole that he says will “almost certainly be my last adventure to the Arctic”. (more…)