SWEDISH EXPLORER JOHAN ERNST NILSON HEADS WARD HUNT ISLAND ON THE NORTH COAST OF CANADA

Johan Ernst Nilson

Swedish Explorer | Audi Brand Ambassador

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Climate Neutral | Pole2Pole

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Less than two months after commencing his excursion from the North to South Pole, Swedish ExplorerJohan Ernst Nilson has decided to change route!

Due to the ice-drift and climate, Johan and his team have been forced west, away from their original route. Determined to push forward, the team has been forced to compensate by increasing their daily work dose, working twelve hours a day! With the onset spring, temperatures have reached approximately -10 Degrees Celsius, causing a lack of ice to the North of Greenland as snow has begun to melt.

This is not the first obstacle the team has encountered during the past few weeks! Johan was treated for frost-bites problems, a recurring problem he faced during his 2008 Seven Summits journey. The explorer also fell into the Arctic Ice! Trying to keep afloat while his skis and boots weighed him down, Johan was eventually dragged out of the frozen water by co-explorer Harald Kippenes (voicemail message attached).

With limited rations, the Pole2Pole team has been advised to travel towards Ward Hunt Island, on the North Coast of Canada.

About Climate Neutral | Pole2Pole: Honoring the anniversary of American Explorer Robert E. Peary’s expedition to the North Pole, as well as the history-making expedition of Norwegian Explorer Roald Amundsen, who was first to reach the South Pole in 1911, Johan Ernst Nilsonhas commenced is journey from the North to South Pole. He will walk 124 miles on the Arctic ice of the North Pole to the Svalbard Archipelago in Greenland. He will then navigate across the Arctic Ocean to Ottawa, Canada and cycle six months through North and South America, passing through major cities in the United States—New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, DC and Austin, TX—into theAmazon Jungle, before arriving in Patagonia. Finally, he awaits a two-month journey in Antarctica on skis and a parafoil, to the South Pole. The expected duration of Climate Neutral | Pole2Pole—one year! Teaming up with such iconic brands as Audi and ZENITH Watches, Johan is known globally as The Environmental Explorer, and has accomplished some 30 excursions across 100 countries.

Fans around the world are invited to track Johan’s travels, as he blogs and tweets his way across the globe:

To read Johan’s blog, please visit www.pole2pole.net | Follow Johan’s tweets at @ExplorerJEN

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