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OCTOBER 12 – 18 IRELAND

RTE (National Irish news), 6pm evening news 13 October. Drew a very insightful comparison between The previous Irish crews trip 15 years ago where they were often impeded by ice and took 2 seasons to complete their voyage. And with now where we saw little ice (esp. NW passage) and have gone round in one season.

“A Canary in the Mine” Global Warming Editorial in the Irish Saturday Times 15 Oct Print and online

Expedition to highlight effects of global warming yields frightening results County Mayo news 18th October

Irish Times online 13 Oct. “Irish-built yacht sails round Arctic in seven weeks. Record speed of voyage that took two summers 15 years ago highlights severity of ice melt” by Lorna Siggins  Print and online

SEPTEMBER 14-30, GREENLAND

Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa. The Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation

Apparently we were talked about on the radio and here online. We went to visit the Ilulissat museum and the lovely people who work there told us all about it!

ITN news report 1 October

COMPLETION OF NORTH WEST PASSAGE SEPTEMBER 2016

Exclusive: British explorer becomes first to sail anti-clockwise around north pole – due to lack of ice

Ben, 14, sails into the record books after successful Arctic circumnavigation
Yachting and Boating magazine; Katy Stickland

Video report by ITV News reporter Nazarnine Moshiri 15 September 2016

The Adventure Blog: Arctic Explorers Bring Bad News After Sailing Northwest and Northeast Passages

Report by Cambridge News about crew member Ben Edwards “The Cambridge teenager who’s set sail into the record books with the Polar Ocean Challenge”

Newsgreen: This UK explorer’s successful Arctic quest is no cause for joy

The West West Side Story: Polar Ocean Challenge project completes navigation of Northwest and Northeast passages, amidst record low for Arctic sea-ice

Report by Jonathan Amos Science and Environment for BBC News 13 Sept after completion of both NE & NW passages

Sailing Today magazine, by Emma Bamford

AFTER COMPLETION OF NORTH EAST PASSAGE

Report by Andrew Freedman Science Editor, Mashable 1st Sept after completion of the NE passage

BBC Radio 4 Today programme Arctic Diary: ‘Sailing the arctic seas’ has made it through the North East passage and has encountered more ice than they bargained for.

NORTH EAST PASSAGE AUGUST

RADIO 4 Today programme Arctic Diary: Trapped in the ice. They’ve passed the Arctic cape, but it’s not been without danger. Expedition leader David Hempleman-Adams

Radio 4 Today Programme Arctic Diary: ‘An abundance of wildlife up here’. The boat is just north of Russia, but there is more ice than expected in the Laptev Sea ahead of them so they have been waiting for the wind to change and blow the pack ice away.

RADIO 4 Today Programme Arctic diary: ‘Waiting for the ice ahead to clear’.

NORTH EAST PASSAGE JULY

Radio 4 Arctic Diary: ‘Leaving Murmansk’ First episode. A British expedition, the Polar Ocean Challenge, is en route to the Arctic to monitor the impact of a warmer climate on sea ice. The Barents Sea, Novaya Zemlya ‘You could mistake it for the Med’

ITV News 18 July

PRESS from RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN ADVANCE OF ARRIVAL INTO MURMANSK

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LEG 1 BRISTOL TO MURMANSK, RUSSIA VIA SCOTLAND AND NORWAY

Bristol Post: explorer David Hempleman Adams; leaves Bristol to sail around the Arctic in one season.

The Independent UK Newspaper 14th June

Bath Life: David Hemplemand Adams: The local adventurer talks cracking ice, global warming and the Duke of Edinburgh award that got him started

The Times, UK on the 9th June

Emma Britton: BBC Bristol radio 3 days before departure of the expedition, from Bristol

Polar Ocean Challenge underway to highlight concerns over human impact on Arctic

Ben Edwards interviewed on Cambridge TV 2 days before expedition departure

The Week: The Polar Ocean Challenge is a feat that would have been “considered inconceivable even a decade ago”

BBC Cambridge News report 9 June

BBC Points West news report 20th June

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