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Third stage
TransArctic route: Russia - North Pole - Canada
February - June, 2011

Two new cross-country vehicles named “Polyus” (Eng. “North Pole”) are being built and tested during 2008-2010.

February – June, 2011

In February of 2011 a team of 6-8 explorers on advanced cross-country vehicles will start the route from Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago to to the North Pole - the most difficult stage of the expedition.

At the North Pole the expedition will meet members of the International Action “Ecology of Planet” dedicated to Global Climate Change, members of the Polar drifting station “North Pole – 2011”, members of the Organizing Committee, and representatives of the expedition’s partners, sponsors, and Russian and worldwide media to highlight the project. The expedition plans to hold the first Arctic Press Conference in the North Pole’s history .

From the North Pole the travelers will go to Canada. On the Canadian Arctic archipelago, the route will pass from Ward Hunt island to Eurika and further down to Resolute Bay (Magnetic North Pole), where the third stage of expedition will be completed.

Route-2011 team memebers:

Vladimir Chukov Alexander Borisevich Ilya Freidovich Oleg Kazharsky
VLADIMIR
CHUKOV

expedition leader
(Russia)
ALEXANDER
BORISEVICH

mechanic/photographer
(Belarus)
ILYA
FREIDOVICH

mechanic/science
(Russia)
OLEG
KAZHARSKY

camera/radio/navigation/IT
(Russia)
Anatoly Gvigdzhishvili Serguei Fenev Dmitry Kutalo Mikael Glan
ANATOLY
GVIRDZHISHVILI

mechanic/photographer
(Russia)
SERGUEI
FENEV

mechanic/photographer
(Canada)
DMITRY
KUTALO

mechanic
(Russia)
MIKAEL
GLAN

first aid/radio/IT
(Canada)

Participants of the expedition will cover more than 7.000 kilometers, including about 3.000 km on drifting Arctic Ocean ice.



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