Art Mortvedt flies his Polar Pumpkin to North Pole
Posted in Polar Pumkin | By Marc |
weather4expeditions.com supports Art Mortvedt during his flight from Alaska to the Geographic North Pole
Art Mortvedt will perform a solo flight to the Geographic North Pole in a Cessna 185 N90SN -
He is an Alaskan Bush Pilot, with 5,000 hours flight experience, 20+ expeditions to Antarctica, and 6 seasons of scientific logistics in the North Polar ice pack.
He flies from Fairbanks Alaska, through the Canadian Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territory, and the province of Nunavut to the North Pole & return.
Why is he doing this?
•To demonstrate the applicability, practicality, and economy of ski equipped single engine aircraft to Polar Science.
•To land the same Cessna 185, N90SN, at both Poles (South Pole Nov. 22, 1999).
•To honor the historical contributions of single engine aircraft to Polar Science.
•To determine and document effects of Global Warming and Climate Change.
•To clarify the critical importance of Polar Regions to science and the health of our planet.
weather4expeditions.com will send daily weather forecasts considering the change of visibility, cloudbase and wind conditions at destination. Art will have to fly his Cessna in VFR conditions