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Tag: North Pole

With Deepest Gratitude: THANK YOU!

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on February 15, 2011December 14, 201736 Comments

On December 1, 2010 when Quark Expeditions announced that it was looking for a blogger to follow its 20th anniversary expedition to the North Pole, my entry was the very first one submitted.

Notes on Joanna, Tรฉtรฉ-Michel, and Visions Pointing North

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on January 23, 2011December 11, 201710 Comments

Joanna leaned towards Professor Hansen who’d been explaining solar particles colliding with earth’s gases to her. She was holding a book, a children’s book. She quickly flipped open to a specific page she had seen for decades. She pointed to the penguin on that page…

Portrait - Lola Akinmade ร…kerstrรถm - Photo credit: Jessica Segerberg

10 Reasons Why I Want To Go To The North Pole

by Lola AkinmadeLatest NewsPosted on December 6, 2010December 12, 201712 Comments

When I found out Quark Expeditions was looking for a blogger/writer to document their June 2011 Arctic expedition to the North Pole, I typed in an entry faster than I could refresh the contest page…

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DUE NORTH by Lola A. ร…kerstrรถm

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They are being honored with the prestigious Hasselblad Award by @hasselbladfoundation next month in Gothenburg, Sweden, and I canโ€™t wait to be there to witness their ceremony in person ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒŸ

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They are being honored with the prestigious Hasselblad Award by @hasselbladfoundation next month in Gothenburg, Sweden, and I canโ€™t wait to be there to witness their ceremony in person ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒŸ

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