North Pole 2006 - Gallery, images taken before start

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Pasi testing the dry suit.

Tero testing the pulka draft.

Magnetic North Pole expedition. Kari Vainio (second row, second person from left) acts as the support team leader, others will ski.

The training unit. Additional weight on wheel is between 25-40 kg (50-80 lbs.).

Poppis dragging a wheel.

Toni in water in sking gear.

Man starting to fall into water.

Toni performing maximum endurance test.

Additional nets are fixed. These are for drying.

Ready for cooking!

Matti Mattila, member of the support team, is checking a cargo box.

Toni checking out the food. Lots of data were stored for each item. This data will be used for a research purposed.

Every item packed was carefully entered into a computer.

Tightly packed box. All available space is utilized.

Skiing boot by Jalas was examined carefully. Excellent work.

Communication equipment.

Warm clothes in cold test condition

Emergency training with couch, rag and orange.

Perttu at the finish of the maximum endurance test.

At the Check-in desk

Before five at the airport.

Unloading cargo boxes at Inns North traditional hall.

Nuts galore! This bin contains walnuts, cashew nuts, pecans, jogurt-coated peanuts and salted peanuts, as well as dried bananas pine kernels.

Shopping trip, Resolute-style.

Our first taste of camp life. Preheating the cooking stoves is a hazardous task demanding constant vigilance.

Dividing food rations into weekly bathces.

Sippolah's birthday party was fun.

Mrak writes in Inuit on Poppis's pulkha.

The Expedition is ready, destination North Pole.

AIRBORNE RANGER CLUB OF FINLAND NORTH POLE EXPEDITION 2006 design: www.poppicok.fi photography: © poppis suomela
Translated and edited by Peter J. Glithero