3/18/08

Well, the second leg of our incredible journey is almost upon us. We will leave Southern California for the Arctic April 1st in order to be back on the Amundsen April 3rd.

Patrick and I are looking forward to our return North. This trip will allow us 12 hours a day of sunlight! When we were there in December we were limited to 2 hours of twilight a day.

Additionally, if conditions permit the group will build an ice camp which I believe will allow us greater opportunity to film wildlife. My personal goal is to film at least one polar bear!

The other element of the trip we’re looking forward to is the chance to work with a world-class team of underwater videographers. The arctic, above the ice, is an amazingly beautiful part of the world. Below the ice is stunning and I can’t wait to share these impending, profound images with you all.

Stay tuned and please share this site with friends and family. This leg will be even more visual than the last.

I would like to thank each and every one of you. This project is the most important of my career to date – because the information being gathered by the project’s scientists is so crucial.

Of all the surprises that have emerged from our journey this website is the most surprising to me personally. We built the site while we were on the Amundsen in December because our friends and family wanted to receive photos and info on our journey.

We built the site and sent out 100 emails sending the url to these folks – and as of today about 70,000 people have become engaged with the site!

I will give you a preview into the future. The scientific data being amassed through the Arctic Expedition project by 200 of the world’s top scientists and their staff will be some of the most critical environmental information delivered to the world community to date!

Please stay tuned and continue to pass the word!

Global Warming and Climate Change is having a devastating effect on our environment and weather patterns – but is also having severe economic, social and lack of water effects on millions and hundreds of millions of people around the globe.


On a basic, logistical note we are working feverishly to prepare for April 3rd. As you can imagine the preparation is a little more rigorous than if we were prepping to shoot Miami Beach.

In terms of what we learned from our last trip – we’ve made two minor yet vitally important changes. As most of you know from our previous blogs I had two very close encounters with frostbite in my hands.

For those of you heading to the arctic at some point or any sub zero region of the world I highly recommend Raber Glove Mens Arctica 3 Mitts. We bought them at http://www.sirmailorder.ca

Trevor, an Inuit guide from our last arctic trip loaned me an extra pair of his after my two extremely painful close encounters with frost bite - and I wouldn’t return to the top of the world without them. Further, for what they are these mitts are surprisingly reasonable compared to other extreme weather gloves and mitts. We paid $31.99 a pair plus shipping.

We also made another change and bought a pair of GI Wool Glove Liners at http://www.uscav.com These heavy wool glove liners cost a whopping $2.99 a pair plus shipping! (Probably the best investment I’ve ever made!)

Thanks for all your support and kind words over the last several months. I enjoy sharing this experience with all of you!


All the best,

Anthony Christopher