Skydive the North Pole

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2 Skydive the North Pole with Our Incredible Everest Skydive Team Travel to the land of polar bears and reindeer. Experience breathtaking views, from the sky and ice below. Socialize with other elite adventurers. Visit an arctic research facility and meet the scientists. Stand on the North Pole and journey around the world in a single minute. Dare to dive into an ice hole. Enjoy the 24-hour daylight. The North Pole isn t for tourists. It s a place for explorers. Only about 200 people visit the North Pole each year and half are military. Many of the remaining who visit are scientists, studying the ice caps that may someday cease to exist. Don t miss this incredible opportunity to go where few have ever gone. Visit a place so remote, it doesn t lie in any time zone. North Pole Video

3 It s the closest you can get to outer space, and it s actually easy to get to, Tom Noonan, North Pole Skydiver and Jump Organizer North Pole Video

4 Travel to the Top of the World Skydive Onto the North Pole When: April 1 st April 8 th, 2018 ** What: Tandem and Solo Skydives Where: The North Pole Ice Camp Barneo Spitsbergen, Norway Cost: $77,000Tandem Jumpers $37,000 Solo Jumpers Add Second Jump: $20,000 Add Videographer: $40,000 **Program may be completed in as few as four days North Pole Skydive

5 Sample North Pole Skydive 2018 Itinerary April 1 Arrive in Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen. Met at airport and transported to hotel, where you have made your own reservation. Time to rest or explore. April 2 Rest and adjust to environment. Evening meeting with jump team. Receive your flight suit, helmet and initial jump briefing. April 3 8 am: Depart for airport. Board IL-76 for two-hour flight to jump location. 9 am: Wheels up. Gear adjustment and final jump briefing during flight. 11am: Jumpers begin exiting aircraft Noon: Welcome to the North Pole. Tea, coffee and exploring. 1 pm: Optional add-on jumps from a Mi-8 Helicopter begin. 3 pm+ Fly to Ice Base Barneo. Overnight. April 4 10 am Flights from Ice Base Barneo back to Longyearbyen begin. April 5-8 Recommended weather back-up dates North Pole Skydive

6 Ice Camp Barneo Each year, a dedicated group of Russians construct a temporary camp near the North Pole, on the frozen Arctic Ocean. Operated by the Expedition Division of the Russian Geographical Society, Ice Camp Barneo serves as a temporary outpost for arctic scientists and explorers. Our Skydive High 2018 North Pole Adventure includes one night at Barneo Ice Camp. You ll sleep on a comfortable cot in a heated tent, together with others who share your spirit of adventure, and enjoy hot meals with an elite group of scientists and explorers. After your one-night stay at Camp Barneo, you ll return to Longyearbyen aboard an AN-74 aircraft, taking off from a temporary runway, constructed on the arctic ice. Flight time is about 2 ½ hours North Pole Skydive

7 Ice Camp Barneo History Due to the shifting arctic ice, the private Russian camp must be rebuilt, from the ice up, every year. Constructing the camp is a logistical feat involving the use of IL-76, AN-74 and Mil-8 aircraft. The first luxury ice camp near the North Pole was created in 2002, by aviation economist Irina Orlova and her late husband Alexander Orlov, a polar pilot. Orlova continues to oversee the camp today. The camp s name is a play on Borneo, a lush tropical island in the Pacific. Changes to the polar ice caps make the future of Barneo Ice camp uncertain. Don t miss this rare opportunity to Skydive the North Pole and visit Ice Camp Barneo North Pole Skydive

8 Everything You Need to Know About Longyearbyen The World s Most Northern City Your 2018 North Pole Skydiving Adventure begins and ends in the town of Longyearbyen, a coal mining town founded by an American on the island of Spitsbergen, one of Norway s Svalbard Islands. The Svalbard Islands are located in the Arctic Ocean, halfway between Norway and the North Pole, and are home to about 3000 polar bears. You can fly directly into the airport on Spitsbergen, but you may wish to fly into Oslo first, and then continue on to Longyearbyen aboard SAS Airlines. Friendly reindeer are known to wander the streets of Longyearbyen. The town of about 2000 offers several hotel options for North Pole skydivers and has a variety of restaurants North Pole Skydive

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10 What aircraft will be used for the North Pole Skydives? You ll take off from the airport on Spitsbergen in a Russian Iluyshin IL-76 and make a rear-exit from the aircraft over the geographical North Pole. If you elect in advance to make a second jump onto the ice cap, you ll then skydive from a Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter. (In the event the IL-76 cannot fly, jumps will be made from an Antonov AN-26.) Do I need prior skydiving experience to skydive at the North Pole? No. No prior skydiving experience is required to jump tandem with one of our experienced crew members. I am an experienced skydiver. Can I jump solo? To jump solo at the North Pole, you must have be extremely experienced and hold an FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) category D license. What is included in the cost? Transportation from Spitsbergen to jump location, jump services, air transfer from North Pole to to Ice Camp Barneo, one night lodging and meals at Barneo, return flight to Spitsbergen, selfcaptured video, guide, support services and jump souvenirs. What is NOT included in the cost? Air transportation to and from Norway, any necessary lodging and meals in Longyearbyen/Oslo, trip insurance, optional gratuities.

11 Skydive High Onto the Top of the World with the Everest Skydive Team April 1-4, 2018 Limited Availability **Reserve Your Spot by December 1, 2017** North Pole Video 2018 North Pole Skydive

12 Copyright Incredible Adventures / IA Worldwide, Inc. October 2017 Call or Incredible Adventures is an American Company based in Sarasota, Florida.