Third stage
April – May, 2005
April – May, 2007
February – June, 2009

During spring 2005, the full-scale tests of the vehicles have been carried out in Kara Sea on drifting ice again. The tasks of movement tactics in ice conditions, navigation, communication and survival have been covered.

Route team memebers, 2005:

VLADIMIR CHUKOV expedition leader (Moscow)	ALEXANDER BORISEVICH mechanic, photographer (Minsk)	VASILY ELAGIN mechanic, photographer (Moscow)	AFANASY MAKOVNEV cameraman, photographer (Moscow)
ALEXANDER KIRILLOV photographer (Moscow)	ILYA KIRILLOV radioman, navigator (Ìîñêâà)	VICTOR POMELOV steward (Moscow reg.)	TAIMYR Siberian hasky (Moscow reg.)

The next stage of vehicle tests was carried out in 2007 and 2008 covering more than 5,000 km along Barents and Kara Sea coastline.

Route team memebers, 2007:

VLADIMIR CHUKOV expedition leader (Moscow)	ALEXANDER BORISEVICH mechanic, photographer (Minsk)	ILYA FREIDOVICH mechanic, physician (Moscow)	OLEG KAZHARSKY radio, navigation, IT (Moscow)
ALEXANDER MAKAROV photographer, cameraman (Moscow)	AFANASY MAKOVNEV cameraman, photographer (Moscow)	VASILY ELAGIN mechanic, photographer (Moscow)

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

In February of 2009 a team of 10-12 people on advanced cross-country vehicles again will start in Salekhard to Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago. From here the main team of six people will continue to complete the most difficult stage of the route - this time it will go to Cape Arcticheskiy and further up to the North Pole.

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 – 2009”, 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 the coast of Greenland, then to Morris Jessup Cape, and further down to Canada. On the Canadian Arctic archipelago, the route will pass from Alert up to Ward Hunt island and further up to Resolute Bay (Magnetic North Pole), where the third stage of expedition will be completed.

Route team memebers, 2009:

VLADIMIR CHUKOV expedition leader (Russia)	ALEXANDER BORISEVICH mechanic, photographer (Belarus)	ILYA FREIDOVICH mechanic, physician (Russia)	OLEG KAZHARSKY camera/radio/navigation/IT (Russia)
	SERGUEI FENEV mechanic, photographer (Canada)	DMITRY KUTALO mechanic (Russia)

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