In "Chasing Nansen's Ghost", in National Geographic, January 2009, Peter Miller discusses the adventures of Borge Ousland and Johansen, a mountaineer and a photographer from Norway. These adventurs chased the memory of two famous Norwegion in 1895, Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Jonhansen.
To many Norsegian boys, the story of Nansen's exploits are bedtime stories. Ousland was inspired by these tales and that's why he made his journey.
From spring to summer in 2007, they started their exploration beginning at the North pole and ending at the Franz Josef land of Russia.
They had skis and kayaks just like Nansen and Johansen and they had parasails to go fast. Also they had communication and navigation equipment which made it easy for them to know where they were.
On August 13th, they ended their journey and went back to Norway. Actually Nonsen and Johansen pioneered the Franz Josef land. So it was a tough time to them, but Ousland said, "It was just like a holiday to us."
Interesting and the parasailing actually sounds like a lot of fun!
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