RFF furthest north (and south!)

[Talisker]

My wife and I are going to going to Svalbard (Spitsbergen) in June - ice conditions permitting we should pass 80 degrees north. Which got me thinking - what is the furthest north (and south) any of us have been with our cameras? Can we claim either of the poles (somebody might have worked at Scott/Amundsen base)? And if so, where are the photos?

 

[ducttape]

NO WAY! Great trip!

I went to the top of James Bay, which is actually lower than Scotland, say, but it was the furthest north one could go in the East and still stay connected to a road touching the continent. Great trip.

For my 50th my wife said I can go anywhere on the planet I want. I am looking at Antarctic trips. I've considered north, but I think the Antarctic would really hit the spot.

I did find ski trips to both the North and South poles!

But no matter where I go, the Leica is coming. Great body in the cold.

Keep us in the loop with this trip. You've got ME excited!

 

[vladhed]

This is a shot of me at the Resolute Bay Airport (Nunavut) taken by my wife - abit with a Nikon FE.

"Resolute isn't the end of the world, but you can see it from here..."

 

[Kin Lau]

Dave (ducttape),

Didn't you drive to James Bay in the wintertime in a convertible Mini... top down to boot?

 

[siverta]

Talisker: Here's one from the south pole.
http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy2/tent1.html

So, who do you think got there first? Scott or Amundsen? =)
The classic Norway vs. UK-dispute.

Sivert

 

[siverta]

Sorry. This is the right picture. The first link was only a commemorative plaque.

http://www.aip.de/~cfendt/Pics/amundsen.jpg

 

[ducttape]

Scott acknowledges in his diaries that Amundsen beat him there. Friggin' depressing reading, I might add.

And yes, GOOD photographic memory! That was moi!

Hudson Bay Trip

 

[Talisker]

No question about it - Amundsen got it right and we Brits produced our heroic failure - if Scott had been first we would probably have forgotten him by now 🙂

I'll hope to post photos - the Bronica and at least one of the Bessas will go (I need the width!) And, of course the usual Pentax SLR gear (I need the length!)

Sivert - were you really there in 1911 🙂