Photo: Bears, Winds Fail to Derail 1st Winter Arctic Foot Trek



A polar bear swims among ice floes in the cold northern waters near Hudson Bay, Canada.

Today explorers Børge Ousland and Mike Horn completed the first-ever winter trek to the North Pole, a trip that required them to take a few lessons from polar bears about crossing Arctic waters.

Photograph by Flip Nicklin/NGS


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