Polar explorers Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley are minutes away from being lifted from the Arctic Ocean where they have spent the last 73 days in the arctic wilderness. They have just spoken live from the Ice via satellite telephone.

This pioneering polar expedition started back in February, the team have travelled 440km taking daily measurements and observations of the Arctic snow and Ice. In total the team have taken 16,000 readings.

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Friday 20th March 2009

After a successful first re-supply of food and equipment, the Catlin Arctic Survey Team of Pen Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley have set off again on their estimated 85 day journey toward the North Pole. 

 The team endured an anxious three day wait, rationing emergency supplies of their food, as bad weather repeatedly prevented the supply plane from landing alongside them. (more…)

By Philip Fanthom, Jenrick CPI (11th Feb 2009)

I had the great pleasure of attending the send off party for the Catlin Arctic Survey on Monday evening at the OSB (Operations Support Base), Leadednhall Street, London, where we wished the team the very best of luck for the expedition.

The sense of excitement in the room was at ‘fever pitch’, with all of us who have supported this venture for the last number of months finally seeing our efforts come to fruition. (more…)

Representatives from Jenrick CPI met with the Catlin Insurance Group following the announcement that the insurer has joined Jenrick as one of the sponsors of the Catlin Arctic Survey, as title sponsors. (more…)

Philip Fanthom and Kevin Matthews from the Jenrick Group have just returned from the latest round of productive meetings with the Head of Marketing at Catlin, and Domnic Hilton, Head of Partnerships of The Catlin Arctic Survey.

One of the discussion topics was the continuing search for offices within London for the Catlin Arctic Survey team to be used throughout the Survey as the central project HQ. (more…)

Jenrick CPI & Jenrick Engineering are both delighted to announce that the Arctic Survey has secured a main/title sponsor namely, Catlin Group Limited - the project is now titled the Catlin Arctic Survey.

Jenrick CPI & Jenrick Engineering are committed sponsors and have been working with The Arctic Survey team since early summer when the team set themselves a deadline of August to reach the required level of funding for the survey to go ahead.

With the Catlin Group joining us on the sponsor list, as title sponsor, this means one of the most important scientific studies of our generation is officially ready for launch – The Catlin Arctic Survey will take place from February 2009. (more…)