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EXPEDITIONS Flag Reports   REPORT, FLAG 134 Together to the Pole April–May 2004 By Marek Kaminski FI'96 Photos © 2004 Wojtek Ostrowski Expedition Members: Marek Kaminski FI'96 Jasiu Mela Wojtek Moskal Wojtek Ostrowski Introduction The Expedition "Together to the Pole" has started on 4th April. The explorers—Marek Kaminski, Janek Mela, also Wojtek Moskal and Wojtek Ostrowski—flew from Gdansk via Warsaw and Oslo to Spitsbergen. Jasiu became the first disabled person and the youngest who skied on his own to the North Pole. Two years ago Janek had a very serious injury, he suffered an electric shock of 15,000 volts. He lost a leg and an arm. Marek Kaminski FI'96 created the whole idea of the expedition to the Pole, while Janek was still in hospital, after the accident. Preparations for the expedition started one year ago. FULL REPORT in pdf RETURN TO LIST

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