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July 19 - August 4, 2008

North Pole Voyage to Totality

For centuries, explorers set out for the North Pole by sled, ship, aircraft and even balloon, but it wasn’t until 1948 that a human finally reached 90º North.

TravelQuest and Sky & Telescope magazine, in cooperation with Quark Expeditions, have put together the ultimate 60th anniversary celebration of that first visit with a North Pole expedition to include the August 1, 2008 total solar eclipse aboard the Russian icebreaker Yamal, one of the few ships powerful enough to push through the ...Show more

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