LONDON (Reuters) – Three British polar explorers have postponed for a year a trip to the North Pole they were due to make in early 2008 to try to establish when Arctic summer sea ice will vanish because of global warming.
A spokesman said on Friday expedition leader and veteran Polar explorer Pen Hadow had postponed the trip until February 2009 to expand the range of scientists and sponsors involved.
“It will only take a few months to organize this. But that means having to delay for a year because there is only one Arctic season in which you can do this,” the group spokesman told Reuters. “So, reluctantly Pen took this decision.”
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I want them to track down the polar bear gang from “The Golden Compass.”