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Last updated: 13 may, 2010 - 12:46 GMT

Arctic explorers gathering climate change data reach North Pole

  • Expedition leader Ann Daniels looks pensive at the start of the mission (Pictures: Martin Hartley/Catlin Arctic Survey)
  • Ann pulls her sledge through the snow
  • Ann makes a quick escape as the ice breaks under their tent
  • Ann posts her vote from the High Arctic
  • Portrait of Ann Daniels
  • Ann with two dogs
  • The hole at the pole: Ann and Charlie take final samples at the North Pole

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A team of explorers gathering scientific data about the extent and effect of global warming has reached the North Pole after a gruelling 60-day journey.

The team has been collecting water and marine life samples from beneath the floating sea ice which will measure the impact on region of climate change.

The leader of the polar explorer team, Ann Daniels, spoke to the World Today from the North Pole.

First broadcast 13 May 2010

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