Polar preparation


The Catlin Arctic survey, sponsored by Green Guardian, will trek across the Arctic to measure the thickness of the sea ice around the North Pole.

All pictures by Martin Hartley

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    • Polar preparation

    The three team members have spent months preparing for their missions, doing fitness training, tasting food, sourcing equipment and testing technology.

    • Pen Hadow drags a tyre in Dartmoor in preparation for pulling a sled across the polar landscape. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • Ann Daniels trained hard for the eight months before the team’s tyre dragging sessions in Dartmoor. However, after the first session, she still said it was “inevitably, quite tough”. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • Martin Hartley, the third team member and expedition photographer, does physical fitness training in Dartmoor.
    • Ann Daniels, the chief navigator for the expedition, practice map reading skills with Pen Hadow. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • Pen Hadow and Ann Daniels share a lighter moment during their training in Dartmoor. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • Ann Daniels and Pen Hadow taste the expedition food - dried meals to which they have to add hot water. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • The operations room ahead of the team’s departure to the Canadian High Arctic. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • The Mora ice drills used by the team to take core samples from the ice for research. Picture: Martin Hartley
    • Pen Hadow tests SPRITE, the radar system used by the team to measure the thickness of the ice. Picture: Martin Hartley

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