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Arctic research expedition
Nokia is sponsoring the Catlin Arctic Survey research expedition. It is an ambitious, pioneering international scientific endeavor aiming at capturing detailed information about the thickness of the North Pole's sea ice cover to calculate its life expectancy.
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges our planet currently faces and it is important that policy makers and business leaders understand its implications better. ICT and mobile technology provide many opportunities to mitigate climate change, and, as well as reducing our carbon footprint, Nokia aims to raise awareness of the topic in various ways.
In addition to supporting this important initiative, we would also like to give you the opportunity to follow the project's progress through the team's Arctic Diaries, which will include images and videos sent directly from the team's location.
Pen Hadow rose to international fame when he became the first to complete one of the last polar challenges – trekking solo without re-supply from Canada to the North Pole. Pen will be responsible for all surveying and observational procedures for gathering the water column, sea ice and weather data.
Ann Daniels, on achievement alone, is one of the world's leading women polar explorers. Ann first went to the Arctic Ocean in 1997, when she took part in the lead team of a five-group, relay-formatted expedition to the North Pole. Pen considers her the most capable polar operator on the Arctic Ocean, hence her primary role as navigator.
One of the world's leading expedition photographers, Martin Hartley has made the polar environment his own. With nineteen photographic assignments to the Arctic and the Antarctic to date, he is uniquely placed to document the fragile state of the Arctic Ocean.
The team members are relaying reports from the expedition on a regular basis, as well as providing photographs and videos of their progress. Read the Arctic Diaries to follow the latest developments.
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