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