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An All-Woman X-C Ski Trek to the North Pole Our thanks to NASA for the support of their Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F1).This unique communications satellite can see the exact North Pole every day for five hours. By pointing one of its 16-foot dish antennas at the Pole, the NASA field team can establish a megabit-per-second Internet link using only an 18-inch pizza-pan antenna. See the COOLSPACE website for details on live Webcast events that you can participate in. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing the satellites that provide the weather images. Environment Canada is providing a NOAA- direct readout site in Resolute Bay and their headquarters in Edmonton, is providing the daily images with the GPS location of the skiers and the NASA team. Special thanks to the U.S. Navy (Space & Naval Warfare) for helping us with satellite telephone communication that allows the women to provide daily updates - click here for their news release Search provided by Atomz.com

Click on each woman's picture to learn more about her Polar Trek 2001, sponsored by WomenQuest, features a diverse group of women, several of them in their 40s. Team members will travel more than 150 miles on skis, in sub-zero conditions, to the top of the planet at True North in April 2001. The participating women will serve as cyber-mentors and role models for students before, during and after the adventure (click here for classes and activities). Alison Korn (above) is a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen. Click here for articles by her and about her and the other Polar Trekkers. WILX-TV (Channel 10-NBC) allows us to bring you their video feature on the women of Polar Trek (Quicktime format - 9+MB - long load time if you do not have a high-speed connection). Click here to view The State News article on Polar Trek. Click here to hear the National Public Radio broadcast. (Please remember to bookmark our site before you leave.) Thank you to the Paula L. Blanchard Foundation The Estate of Buck Persons Mid-Michigan MRI Michigan Women's Foundation The Nokomis Foundation| How to contact us | Leave us a message |Curriculum for teachers | Buy a patch & t-shirt | | Links to other sites of interest | Thanks to our sponsors!

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