Canada to the North Pole

Howard Fairbank: Attempting to reach the North Pole, on foot from Canada. Maybe the 1st South African..?

Saturday, April 24, 2010

This is SOOO... special it deserves to go up on my Blog! From pupils in a class at a school in Brooks, Alberta, Canada; Here goes..... A ...

Friday, April 16, 2010

From the North Pole...!

Indinda and I at the end of the journey...The North Pole! I know the news is out...We made it! 9h05 EST, 14 April 2010! (Sorry, PDA started ...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Position: 90 Degrees North!

Howard arrived at the North Pole at approximately 1500 GMT today, 14 April 2010! Probably the first South African and the oldest ever (at 52...

Still struggling to the pole in very challenging conditions

A report from Howard this morning, they are 89.5 N 48 E and drift and bad stormy conditions are challenging their final steps to the pole. H...

20 Miles to go. What a day!

When I wrote my last Post, I didn't think it could get more difficult, but today was VERY challenging. It's now 1am 13th April as I ...

Monday, April 12, 2010

30 Miles to go, but the Arctic still challenges and teases us...

It's 8am EST, on Day 41, and we are at 89 29.1N and 75 0.0W, the closest I have ever been to The Pole. In fact if there was a 'pole;...

Day 39

Sunday morning 8 am EST, and we are just 49 miles to the Pole! We only just 'escaped' from our floating island of two days ago, with...

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About Howard

Howard Fairbank: In 2004, after leaving a very successful and diversely adventurous business life, Howard made a radical move to pursue his dream of ‘Simply Adventure’, a simple wandering way of life, centred around sailing, cycling, and sea kayaking adventures, and one far removed from the capitalist and material world. In 2009, after years of solo sailing across the oceans of the world, and cycling the continents of the world, he moved his focus to Polar adventure. In 2010, together with three others, he completed an unassisted trek from Canada to the Geographic North Pole, joining an elite group of fewer than 60 people who have done this, one of the most difficult challenges on the planet. In doing so he became the first South African and at the time the oldest person ever to do it. His love for the purity of the solo adventure challenge has drawn him now to Antarctica and the South Pole, where he is attempting to become the oldest person, and first South African, to do the trip solo, unassisted and unsupported.

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