Three British Explorers were tonight finally resupplied with food, fuel and vital equipment after a Twin Otter plane landed on the Arctic Ocean floating sea ice where the team had been waiting for three days. (more…)

Polar explorers Pen Hadow, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels are surviving on half rations as attempts to resupply them were abandoned for the third  day running by the Catlin Arctic Survey.

The team, who have been battling in what they describe as ‘brutal’ conditions are currently surviving on their last food supplies after bad weather forced one resupply mission to turn back and grounded two other planned flights. The explorers now have only a day’s food remaining.  Temperatures have been consistently down at minus 40 degrees Celsius with strong winds making things even worse. (more…)

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…)

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…)

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…)

Three polar explorers, Pen Hadow, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels will be leaving from Heathrow Airport, London, today to embark on a scientific survey of the Arctic Ocean’s floating sea ice.

Hadow’s endeavour  has HRH The Prince of Wales as its Patron and the support of WWF. The data they will capture is eagerly awaited by scientists studying various aspects of the Arctic and global warming. (more…)